Electrified Voices: How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868-1945

by Kerim Yasar

Book Overview

Long before karaoke's ubiquity and the rise of global brands such as Sony, Japan was a place where new audio technologies found eager users and contributed to new cultural forms. In Electrified Voices, 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.

A far-reaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231187130
• ISBN13: 9780231187138
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"