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Sound and safe : a history of listening behind the wheel /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Driving in Control
- Introduction
- Why Acoustic Cocooning and the Sound of Cars?
- Making Sense of Sound
- Sensory Studies, Mobility Culture, and History of Technology
- How We Will Navigate
- New Themes along the Road
- 2. "It Shuts with a Comforting Sound" : Closing the Car Body
- Introduction
- The Rise of the Closed Sedan : Sound Body Building
- Mechanical Silence as Sign of Reliability and Engineering Quality
- Convenient Silence as Ideal for Long-Distance Travelling
- Aristocratic Silence as Mark of Distinction
- An Uplifting and Distancing Experience
- Saving the Cinematic Drive
- Conclusions
- 3. Humming Engines and Moving Radio : Encapsulating the Listening Driver
- Introduction
- Mysterious Noises : The Driver's Experiences
- Listening to the Automobile : The Mechanic's Ear
- The Repair Crisis and the Professionalization of the Car Mechanic
- "A Marriage on its Last Legs" : The Differentiation of Listening Practices
- Decent Radio Reception, As Long as the Car Is Not Moving
- The Car Radio as Mood Regulator
- Conclusions: Car Talk
- 4. "Like a Boxed Calf in a Traffic Drain" : The Car on the Corridor
- Introduction
- The "Only Option" : The Rise of the Roadside Noise Barrier in the Western World
- A New Berlin Wall : The Reception of Noise Barriers in the Netherlands
- Denial Design : Building Green, Transparent and Loss-Compensating Barriers
- A Moving Barrier : The Glocalization of the Noise Barrier
- Nothing to See, Lots to Listen to : Traffic Radio and Audio Books
- Conclusions
- 5. Selling Sound : Sensory Marketing in the Automotive Industry
- Introduction
- Coming to Your Senses, Composing the Sound of Cars
- Leeway for Car Sound Design : Behind the Scenes of International Standardization
- Finding Words for Sound : Lay and Expert Listeners
- Marketing Sound in the Experience Society
- Conclusions
- 6. Sound and Safe : Auditory Privacy and Sonic Relief in the Car
- Introduction
- A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
- Moving, Seeing, Listening, in the Car and in the Past
- The Echo of the Boom Car
- Conclusions: Sensitizing Mobility Culture
- Author Biographies
- Archives, Journals and Interviews.