Sound as popular culture : a research companion / edited by Jens Gerrit Papenburg and Holger Schulze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papenburg, Jens Gerrit, editor.

Schulze, Holger, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound in mass media.

Sound--Social aspects.

Sound.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 432 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way. From an infant's gurgles over a baby monitor to the roar of the crowd in a stadium to the sub-bass frequencies produced by sound systems in the disco era, sound - no necessarily aestheticized as music - is inextricably part of the many domains of popular culture. Expanding the view taken by many scholars of cultural studies, the contributors consider cultural practices concerning sound not merely as semiotic or signifying processes but as material, physical, perceptual, and sensory processes that integrate a multitude or cultural traditions and forms of knowledge. The chapters discuss conceptual issues as well as terminologies and research methods; analyze historical and contemporary practices of sound generation are applied in the diverse fields in which sounds are produced, mastered, distorted, processed, and enhanced. The chapters are not only about sound; they offer a study through sound - echoes from the past, resonances of the present, and the contradictions and discontinuities that suggest the future. -- from dust jacket.

Contents:

I Outlining a Non-Discipline: The Theory of Sound as Popular Culture 19

Conceptualizing Sound 21

1 The Sonic / Peter Wicke Wicke, Peter 23

2 Sound/Music / Diedrich Diederichsen Diederichsen, Diedrich 31

3 Popular Culture / Thomas Hecken Hecken, Thomas 37

4 Sound Practices / Carla J. Maier Maier, Carla J. 45

5 Sound as Musical Material / Rolf Groβmann Groβmann, Rolf, Maria Hanacek Hanacek, Maria 53

Questioning Disciplines 65

6 Sound Studies versus (Popular) Music Studies / Marta García Quiñones Quiñones, Marta García 67

7 Sound and Racial Politics / Carlo Nardi Nardi, Carlo 77

8 Sound Studies across Continents / Thomas Burkhalter Burkhalter, Thomas 89

Establishing New Methodologies 97

9 Ethnography and Archival Research / Karin Bijsterveld Bijsterveld, Karin 99

10 Sonic Epistemology / Holger Schulze Schulze, Holger 111

11 Historkization in Pop Culture / Bodo Mrozek Mrozek, Bodo 121

12 Sound and Media Studies / Carolyn Birdsall Birdsall, Carolyn 133

13 Soccer Stadium as Soundscape / Jochen Bonz Bonz, Jochen 149

II Formations of Listening: Popular Culture by Ear 159

Making History by Ear 161

14 The Invention of the Listener / Veit Erlmann Erlmann, Veit 163

15 Sonic Modernities / Carla J. Maier Maier, Carla J. 173

16 On the Modern Listener / Marta García Quinones Quinones, Marta García 183

Listening Materialities and Techniques 195

17 Listening and Digital Technologies / Anahid Kassabian Kassabian, Anahid 197

18 Enhanced Bass / Jens Gerrit Papenburg Papenburg, Jens Gerrit 205

19 Baby Monitor / Andrea Mihm Mihm, Andrea 215

20 Over-Hearing / Jacob Smith Smith, Jacob 225

21 Technological Sensory Training / Michael Bull Bull, Michael 233

Concepts of Listening 241

22 Listening as Gesture and Movement / Paul Théberge Théberge, Paul 243

23 Concepts of Fidelity / Franco Fabbri Fabbri, Franco 251

24 Loudness Cultures / Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer Binas-Preisendörfer, Susanne 261

25 Existential Orientation / Diedrich Diederichsen Diederichsen, Diedrich 273

26 Corporeal Listening / Holger Schulze Schulze, Holger 281

III Producing Sonic Artifacts: Hands-On Popular Culture 291

Material Sound Concepts 293

27 Records on the Radio / Thomas Schopp Schopp, Thomas 295

28 From Stationality to Radio Aesthetics / Golo Föllmer Föllmer, Golo 301

29 World Music 2.0 / Thomas Burkhalter Burkhalter, Thomas 313

30 Computer Game Sound / Mark Grimshaw Grimshaw, Mark 325

Production Processes 335

31 "Syd's Theme" / Franco Fabbri Fabbri, Franco 337

32 Sonic Signatures in Record Production / Toby Seay Seay, Toby 347

33 Phonographic Work / Rolf Groβmann Groβmann, Rolf 355

34 Listener Orientation / Mark J. Butler Butler, Mark J. 367

35 (Re-)Mastering Sonic Media History / Jens Cerrit Papenburg Papenburg, Jens Cerrit 373

Cultural Sound Practices 385

36 Distorted Voices / Jochen Bonz Bonz, Jochen 387

37 Critical Listening / Carlo Nardi Nardi, Carlo 395

38 Sonic Cartoons / Simon Zagorski-Thomas Zagorski-Thomas, Simon 403.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262334275

9780262334273

OCLC:

945037606

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