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Static in the system : noise and the soundscape of American cinema culture /

"Static in the System analyzes the relationship between American aural cultural history and cinema. Focusing specifically on the field of cinema culture--the envelope that surrounds and conditions our experience of cinema as an art form--Meredith C. Ward discusses how the aural culture of a giv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Meredith C., 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Colección:California studies in music, sound, and media ; 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : noise and the concept of the cinema soundscape
  • Songs of the sonic body : noise and the sounds of early motion picture audiences
  • The film industry lays the golden egg : noise, electro-acoustics, and the academy's adjustment to film sound
  • "Machines for listening" : cinema auditoriums as vehicles for aural absorption
  • Cinema theaters as antiquated as "Edison and his wax cylinders" : mobile technologies and the negotiation of public noise
  • Conclusion : noises we will be hearing soon.