The Auditory Culture Reader

by Les Back

Book Overview

Sight and sound are equally crucial to our understanding of the world, yet the visual has dominated discussions of cultural experience. The very way we relate to, and think about, our everyday world has been influenced by this emphasis on sight over sound. Providing a definitive overview of an emerging field, this pioneering reader is the first to redress a glaring imbalance by investigating how auditory culture subtly and profoundly impacts on our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859736181
• ISBN13: 9781859736180
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"