| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-261) and index. |
| Summary |
Kerim Yasar traces the origins of the modern soundscape, showing how the revolutionary nature of sound technology and the rise of a new auditory culture played an essential role in the formation of Japanese modernity. Electrified Voices is a far-reaching cultural history of the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, radio, and early sound film in Japan. |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Names; Introduction: All That Is Solid Melts Into Sound; 1. Vocal Cords and Telephone Wires: Orality in Japan, Old and New; 2. Sound and Sentiment; 3. The Grain in the Groove: Inscribed Voices, Echoed Temporalities; 4. Imagining the Wireless Community; 5. Ghostlier Demarcations, Keener Sounds: Early Japanese Radio Drama; 6. Sound and Motion; Coda-oke; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1945.
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Japan. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
1868-1945 |
| Subject |
Japan -- History -- 1868-
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1868- |
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Communication -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History.
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Communication -- Social aspects. |
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Sound recordings -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History.
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Sound recordings -- Social aspects. |
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Sound recordings. |
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Mass media and culture -- Japan -- History.
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Mass media and culture. |
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Nationalism -- Japan -- History.
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Nationalism. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1868 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yasar, Kerim. Electrified voices. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] 9780231187138 (DLC) 2018012328 (OCoLC)1029087989 |
| ISBN |
9780231547024 (electronic book) |
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0231547021 (electronic book) |
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9780231187138 |
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0231187130 |
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9780231187121 |
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0231187122 |
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