| Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
California studies in music, sound, and media ; 1
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California studies in music, sound, and media ; 1.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion picture theaters -- United States.
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Noise.
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Motion picture audiences -- United States.
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noise. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism. |
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Motion picture audiences. |
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Motion picture theaters. |
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Noise. |
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United States. |
| Indexed Term |
america. |
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american culture. |
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architectural acoustics. |
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aural cultural history. |
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avoidance of noise. |
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built environment. |
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cinema theatres. |
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cinema. |
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class. |
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electro acoustics. |
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film going culture. |
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film sound. |
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gender. |
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history of noise. |
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industry. |
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listening cultures. |
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mobile listening. |
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motion picture history. |
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movies. |
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noise manifestations. |
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sexuality. |
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social power. |
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sonic culture. |
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sound theory. |
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soundscape. |
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theories of power. |
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urban environment. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ward, Meredith C., 1981- Static in the system. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520299474 (DLC) 2018033917 (OCoLC)1048028191 |
| ISBN |
9780520971196 (electronic book) |
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0520971191 (electronic book) |
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9780520299474 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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0520299477 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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9780520299481 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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0520299485 (paperback alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1525/9780520971196 |
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