{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-sound-studies-paperback","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrevor Pinch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKarin Bijsterveld\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by the world's leading scholars and researchers in the emerging field of sound studies, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies \u003c\/em\u003eoffers new and fully engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. The book considers sounds and music as experienced in such diverse settings as shop floors, laboratories, clinics, design studios, homes, and clubs, across an impressively broad range of historical periods and national and cultural contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScience has traditionally been understood as a visual matter, a study which has historically been undertaken with optical technologies such as slides, graphs, and telescopes. This book questions that notion powerfully by showing how listening has contributed to scientific practice. Sounds have always been a part of human experience, shaping and transforming the world in which we live in ways that often go unnoticed. Sounds and music, the authors argue, are embedded in the fabric of everyday life, art, commerce, and politics in ways which impact our perception of the world. Through an extraordinarily diverse set of case studies, authors illustrate how sounds -- from the sounds of industrialization, to the sounds of automobiles, to sounds in underwater music and hip-hop, to the sounds of nanotechnology -- give rise to new forms listening practices. In addition, the book discusses the rise of new public problems such as noise pollution, hearing loss, and the \"end\" of the amateur musician\u003cbr\u003ethat stem from the spread and appropriation of new sound- and music-related technologies, analog and digital, in many domains of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich in vivid and detailed examples and compelling case studies, and featuring a companion website of listening samples, this remarkable volume boldly challenges readers to rethink the way they hear and understand the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrevor Pinch \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University, and author or co-author of several books including \u003cem\u003eAnalog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer\u003c\/em\u003e (2002, with Frank Trocco) and \u003cem\u003eThe Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology \u003c\/em\u003e(1993, 1998, with Harry Collins). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarin Bijsterveld\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Science, Technology and Modern Culture at Maastricht University. She is author of \u003cem\u003eMechanical Sound: Technology, Culture and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century \u003c\/em\u003e(2008), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eSound Souvenirs: Audio Technologies, Memory and Cultural Practices\u003c\/em\u003e (2009, with José van Dijck).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 612\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.63 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754036592928,"sku":"9780199995813","price":114.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/365145e4b38c477e8bd5e0e802d8a4f3.webp?v=1780031953","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-sound-studies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}