Mowitt, John, 1952- author.

Sounds : the ambient humanities / John Mowitt.

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

xi, 166 pages ; 24 cm

"This is not a book about sound. It is a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. John Mowitt seeks to critique existing models in the expanding field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds, not just readily classified examples such as speech, music, industrial sounds, or codified signals. Mowitt is particularly interested in the fact that beyond hearing and listening we 'audit' sounds and do so by drawing on paradigms of thought not easily accommodated within the concept of 'sound studies.' To draw attention to the ways in which sounds often are not perceived for the social and political functions they serve, each chapter presents a culturally resonant sound--including a whistle, an echo, a gasp, and silence--to show how sounds enable critical social and political concepts such as dialog, privacy, memory, social order, and art-making. Sounds : The Ambient Humanities significantly engages, provokes, and contributes to the dynamic field and inquiry of sound studies"--Provided by publisher.

9780520284623 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520284623 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520284630 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520284631 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780520960404
0520960408

Sound (Philosophy)
Sounds Psychological aspects.
Sounds Social aspects.
Sounds Political aspects.
Son (Philosophie)
Bruits naturels Aspect psychologique.
Bruits naturels Aspect social.
Bruits naturels Aspect politique.
Philosophy.
Klang
Geräusch
Musikpsychologie
Sounds Sociological aspects.
Ljud teori, filosofi.
Ljud psykologiska aspekter.
Ljud politiska aspekter.

Location: Library main 292959
Call No.: BIB 237536
Status: Available