Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise

by Michel Chion

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822360225
• ISBN13: 9780822360223
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"