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Static in the system : noise and the soundscape of American cinema culture

Ward, Meredith C. 1981- (author.).

Summary: "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 given time period has enabled certain types of listening cultures to form. Analyzing which forms of listening have been dominant in various periods, she also discusses how noise--that commonly used but little-understood term--helps us to make sense of the ongoing conflicts underlying these moments, and where we have, historically, set the limits of 'desirable' and 'undesirable' sound"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

OCLC: on1048661626
ISBN: 0520299485
ISBN: 9780520299481
ISBN: 0520299477
ISBN: 9780520299474
ISBN: 0520971191
ISBN: 9780520971196
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations.
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Published: Oakland, California :University of California Press,[2019]
Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2019).