Jonathan Sterne describes the distinctive sound culture that gave rise to the sound recording & transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. He challenges theoretical common places, such as the visual bias in theories of modernity & static descriptions of nature.
The audible Past explora los orígenes culturales de la reproducción del sonido, describiendo una cultura sónica que dio lugar a la grabación del sonido y a los aparatos de transmisión omnipresentes en la vida moderna. El autor utiliza la telefonía, la fonografía y la radio como …
Cultural study of the development of sound technology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from telephones and stethoscopes to record players.
Jonathan Sterne describes the distinctive sound culture that gave rise to the sound recording & transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. He challenges theoretical common places, such as the visual bias in theories of modernity & static descriptions of nature.
Cultural study of the development of sound technology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from telephones and stethoscopes to record players.
The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses …