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BL
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878777
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Ward, Meredith C.,1981-
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Static in the system : : noise and the soundscape of American cinema culture /\ Meredith C. Ward.
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| Publication Statement
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Oakland, California :: University of California Press,, [2019]
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| Series Statement
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California studies in music, sound, and media ;; I
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x, 238 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0520299477
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: 0520299485
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: 9780520299474
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: 9780520299481
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9780520971196 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Motion picture audiences-- United States.
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Motion picture theaters-- United States.
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Noise.
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Hören
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Kino
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Klangobjekt
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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.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43
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| LC Classification
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PN1993.5.U6W293 2019
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