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The audible past : cultural origins of sound reproduction / Jonathan Sterne.

By: Sterne, JonathanMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2003Description: 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780822330134 (pbk.) :; 082233013X (pbk.) :; 9780822330042 (hbk.) :; 0822330040 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History | Sound recording industry -- Social aspects | Sound in mass media | Sound recordings -- Social aspects | Popular cultureDDC classification: 621.3'893'09 Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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