Keywords in Sound

David Novak is Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation, also published by Duke University Press.Matt Sakakeeny is Associate Professor of Music at Tulane University, and the author of Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans, also published by Duke University Press.

• Introduction / David Novak and Matt Sakakeeny 11. Acoustemology / Steven Feld 122. Acoustics / Benjamin Steege 223. Body / Deborah Kapchan 334. Deafness / Mara Mills 455. Echo / Mark M. Smith 556. Hearing / Jonathan Sterne 657. Image / John Mowitt 788. Language / David Samuels and Thomas Porcello 879. Listening / Tom Rice 9910. Music / Matt Sakakeeny 11211. Noise / David Novak 12512. Phonography / Patrick Feaster 13913. Radio / Daniel Fisher 15114. Religion / Charles Hirschkind 16515. Resonance / Veit Erlmann 17516. Silence / Ana MarÍa Ochoa Gautier 18317. Space / Andrew J. Eisenberg 19318. Synthesis / Tara Rodgers 20819. Transduction / Stefan Helmreich 22220. Voice / Amanda Weidman 232Contributors 247Index  253

"The apparent strategy of the editors is to form a basic, redefined lexicon and this is nicely accomplished. ... Eventually this interesting and thorough experiment reflects the subtle innate heterogeneity of sound, drawing one of the many possible cultural galaxies around it." - Aurelio Cianciotta (Neural) "This is an important contribution to the emergent field of sound studies. It will help in both defining the field more fully and in refining its key terms more elaborately." (European Journal of Communication) "For anyone wanting a substantial, if not comprehensive, introduction to the field, Keywords in Sound is the place to start." - Philip Vandermeer (Notes)