Sound

An Acoulogical Treatise

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Michel Chion

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First published in French in 1998, revised in 2010, and appearing here in English for the first time, Michel Chion's Sound addresses the philosophical, interpretive, and practical questions that inform our encounters with sound. Chion considers how cultural institutions privilege some sounds above others and how spurious distinctions between noise and sound guide the ways we hear and value certain sounds. He critiques the tenacious tendency to understand sounds in relation to their sources and advocates "acousmatic" listening-listening without visual access to a sound’s cause-to disentangle ourselves from auditory habits and prejudices. Yet sound can no more be reduced to mere perceptual phenomena than encapsulated in the sciences of acoustics and physiology. As Chion reminds us and explores in depth, a wide range of linguistic, sensory, cultural, institutional, and media- and technologically-specific factors interact with and shape sonic experiences. Interrogating these interactions, Chion stimulates us to think about how we might open our ears to new sounds, become more nuanced and informed listeners, and more fully understand the links between how we hear and what we do.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-01-15
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9780822360223
ÖversättareSteintrager, James A.

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Michel Chion is a composer, filmmaker, teacher, researcher, and the author of several books, including Film, A Sound Art; The Voice in Cinema; and Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen.James A. Steintrager is Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and European Languages and Studies at the University of California, Irvine; he is the author, most recently, of The Autonomy of Pleasure: Libertines, License, and Sexual Revolution.

Introduction. Closed Grooves, Open Ears / James A. Steintrager viiPreface to the French Edition of 2010 xxviiI. Hearing1. Listening Awakes 32. The Ear 163. Sound and Time 29II. A Divided World4. Voice, Language, and Sounds 455. Noise and Music: A Legitimate Distinction? 55III. The Wheel of Causes6. The Sound That You Cause: Ergo-Audition 837. Sounds and Its Cause: Casual Listening and Figurative Listening 1018. Sound and What It Causes: Real and Supposed Effects 121IV. Sound Transformed9. How Technology Has Changed Sound 13110. The Audiovisual Couple in Film: Audio-Vision 150V. Listening, Expressing11. Object and Non-Object: Two Poles 16912. Between Doing and Listening: Naming 212Notes 243Glossary 265Bibliography 269Index 275

"Chion's work is refreshing in many ways.... It is clear that Chion lives his topic deeply, and has not simply “researched” it. Alongside the extended theorisation, the book teems with thought-provoking observations, like the best of Jean Baudrillard (who could always be appreciated for his vignettes if not for his theories) or Roland Barthes. How good it is to find that someone else has asked himself why being subjected to one side of a conversation on a mobile phone is even more frustrating than overhearing a two-way conversation in person – and Chion has an answer." - David Revill (Times Higher Education) "This work . . . is an excellent addition to the literature on sound. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that addresses not only basic philosophical ideas but also highly practical questions that inform the reader about encounters with sound. . . . The notes that are provided at the end of the work offer further details and are extremely useful. The glossary is incredibly valuable, especially in describing the French words the author uses. The bibliography is also extensive. In summary, the book is excellent. Recommended. All readers." - M. G. Prasad (Choice) "Michel Chion’s opus is itself a delight to read. . . . His writing miraculously foregrounds sound without fixating upon its objecthood. Organizationally, he provides clarity through schematic listings of key points throughout the essays and a helpful glossary of terms that he has generated throughout his career." - Shayna Silverstein (TDR: The Drama Review) "Chion and Schaeffer are part of an active, interventionist, history: they are about how humans seize technologies and put them to undesigned uses, they are about how to dis-alienate the spectacular. Bravo!" - Tim Hodgkinson (Cultural Critique)