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Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series)

Veit Erlmann

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Description:Hearing Cultures is a timely examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense. It answers such intriguing questions as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? In what way does technology affect our ears? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? Why did Enlightenment doctors believe that music was an essential cure? What happens acoustically in cross-cultural first encounters? The ear, as much as the eye, nose, mouth and hand, defines experience. This book shows how sound offers a refreshing new lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series). To get started finding Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Hearing Cultures is a timely examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense. It answers such intriguing questions as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? In what way does technology affect our ears? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? Why did Enlightenment doctors believe that music was an essential cure? What happens acoustically in cross-cultural first encounters? The ear, as much as the eye, nose, mouth and hand, defines experience. This book shows how sound offers a refreshing new lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series). To get started finding Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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