Tokyo listening : sound and sense in a contemporary city / Lorraine Plourde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plourde, Lorraine, author.

Series:

Music/culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Japan--Tokyo.

Music.

Listening.

Sound--Psychological aspects.

Sound.

Music--Social aspects--Japan--Tokyo.

Musical perception.

Music--Social aspects.

Japan--Tokyo.

Physical Description:

174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Listening to the city : distraction, attention, and ubiquitous listening

Learning to listen to Onkyō : ear training as sensory attunement

City noise and the avant-garde

"A place where time moves slowly" : analog listening in the music café

New experiences in a new city for new women : ambient sound for refined women

"Feeling uncomfortable without sound" : Muzak as affect management for office workers

Retro shopping arcades Muzak

Sonic air conditioning : ubiquitous listening as mundane comfort

Tokyo listening, listening to Tokyo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index.

Listening to the city : distraction, attention, and ubiquitous listening -- Learning to listen to Onkyō : ear training as sensory attunement -- City noise and the avant-garde -- "A place where time moves slowly" : analog listening in the music café -- New experiences in a new city for new women : ambient sound for refined women -- "Feeling uncomfortable without sound" : Muzak as affect management for office workers -- Retro shopping arcades Muzak -- Sonic air conditioning : ubiquitous listening as mundane comfort -- Tokyo listening, listening to Tokyo.

ISBN:

9780819578839

0819578835

9780819578846

0819578843

OCLC:

1091699949