Vocal tracks : performance and sound media / Jacob Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Jacob, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice culture.

Voice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through the lens of performance, bringing to light a fascinating nexus of performer, technology, and audience. Combining theories of film sound, cultural histories of sound technologies and industries, and theories of performance, Smith convincingly connects disparate and largely neglected performance niches to explore the development of a modern vocal performance. Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media demonstrates the voice to be a vehicle of performance, identity, and culture and illustrates both the interconnection of all these categories and their relation to the media technologies of the past century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Flooding Out

Part Two. A Finer Grain of the Voice

Part Three. Bugging the Backstage

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"An Ahmanson book in the humanities"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786611752675

9780520942844

0520942841

9781281752673

1281752673

9781435684775

143568477X

OCLC:

437222517