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BL
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692090
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b514279
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| Main Entry
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Bull, Michael,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Sounding out the city : : personal stereos and the management of everyday life /\ Michael Bull.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Berg,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Materializing culture
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vii, 208 p. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1859733379
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: 1859733425 (pbk.)
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: 9781859733370
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: 9781859733424 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Personal Stereos and the Management of Everyday Life: An Introduction. 2. The World of Personal-Stereo Users: An Introduction -- Pt. I. Personal-Stereo Use and the Management of Space, Place and Time. 3. Reconfiguring the 'Site' and 'Horizon' of Experience. 4. Personal Stereos and the Management of Cognitive Contingency. 5. The Re-appropriation of Time in Everyday Life -- Pt. II. An Ethnography of Auditory Looking, Aesthetics and Interpersonal Urban Relations. 6. Empowering the 'Gaze': Personal Stereos and the Hidden Look. 7. Filmic Cities and Aesthetic Experience. 8. The Asymmetrical Urban: The Role of Personal Stereos in Managing Interpersonal Behaviour -- Pt. III. Personal Stereos and a Critical Theory of Urban Everyday Life. 9. Sounding Out the City: An Auditory Epistemology of Urban Experience. 10. Visual Theories of City Life and Personal-Stereo Use. 11. Technology and the Management of Everyday Life. 12. Aestheticizing Everyday Life: A Critique. 13. Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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Analysis of the meaning of Walkman use in the everyday life of users.
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Cassette tape recorders-- Social aspects.
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Music as recreation.
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Radio broadcasting-- Social aspects.
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Technology-- Social aspects.
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