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.
Temas:
Motion picture theaters > United States.
Noise.
Motion picture audiences > United States.
Noise
Cinéma > Publics > États-Unis.
Bruit.
noise.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Motion picture audiences
Motion picture theaters
United States
america.
american culture.
architectural acoustics.
aural cultural history.
avoidance of noise.
built environment.
cinema theatres.
cinema.
class.
electro acoustics.
film going culture.
film sound.
gender.
history of noise.
industry.
listening cultures.
mobile listening.
motion picture history.
movies.
noise manifestations.
sexuality.
social power.
sonic culture.
sound theory.
soundscape.
theories of power.
urban environment.
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.

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