Ubiquitous Listening : Affect, Attention, and Distributed Subjectivity / Anahid Kassabian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kassabian, Anahid, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Listening.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Sound.

Music.

Local Subjects:

Listening.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Sound.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does the constant presence of music in modern life-on iPods, in shops and elevators, on television-affect the way we listen? With so much of this sound, whether imposed or chosen, only partially present to us, is the act of listening degraded by such passive listening? In Ubiquitous Listening, Anahid Kassabian investigates the many sounds that surround us and argues that this ubiquity has led to different kinds of listening. Kassabian argues for a new examination of the music we do not normally hear (and by implication, that we do), one that examines the way it is used as a marketing tool and a mood modulator, and exploring the ways we engage with this music.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Ubiquitous Listening

2. Listening to Video Art and the Problem of Too Many Homelands

3. "BOOM!" Is the Next Big Thing

4. Musicals Hit the Small Screen

5. Improvising Diasporan Identities

6. Would You Like Some World Music with Your Latte?

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520954861

0520954866

OCLC:

830161947