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Sound : an acoulogical treatise / Michel Chion ; translated and with an introduction by James A. Steintrager.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2015 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chion, Michel, 1947- author.
Contributor:
Steintrager, James A., 1965- translator, writer of introduction.
Standardized Title:
Son. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hearing.
Sound--Recording and reproducing.
Sound.
Music--Acoustics and physics.
Music.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Appearing here in English for the first time, Michel Chion's Sound addresses the philosophical questions that inform our encounters with sound, stimulating our thinking about being open to new sounds and to explore the links between language, technology, culture, and hearing.
Contents:
Introduction: Closed grooves, open ears / James A. Steintrager
Preface to the French edition of 2010
Listening awakes
The ear
Sound and time
Voice, language, and sounds
Noise and music : a legitimate distinction?
The sound that you cause : ergo-audition
Sound and its cause : causal listening and figurative listening
Sound and what it causes : real and supposed effects
How technology has changed sound
The audiovisual couple in film : audio-vision
Object and non-object : two poles
Between doing and listening : naming.
Notes:
"Originally published as: Le son : traité d'acoulogie: Armand Colin, 2e édition, 2010."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780822374824
082237482X
OCLC:
908374973

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