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Meredith C. Ward
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Noise and the Concept of the Cinema Soundscape 1
- 1. Songs of the Sonic Body: Noise and the Sounds of Early Motion Picture Audiences 15
- 2. The Film Industry Lays the Golden Egg: Noise, Electro-Acoustics, and the Academy’s Adjustment to Film Sound 53
- 3. “Machines for Listening”: Cinema Auditoriums as Vehicles for Aural Absorption 85
- 4. Cinema Theaters as Antiquated as “Edison and His Wax Cylinders”: Mobile Technologies and the Negotiation of Public Noise 117
- Conclusion: Noises We Will Be Hearing Soon 154
- Appendix 161
- Notes 167
- References 211
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Noise and the Concept of the Cinema Soundscape 1
- 1. Songs of the Sonic Body: Noise and the Sounds of Early Motion Picture Audiences 15
- 2. The Film Industry Lays the Golden Egg: Noise, Electro-Acoustics, and the Academy’s Adjustment to Film Sound 53
- 3. “Machines for Listening”: Cinema Auditoriums as Vehicles for Aural Absorption 85
- 4. Cinema Theaters as Antiquated as “Edison and His Wax Cylinders”: Mobile Technologies and the Negotiation of Public Noise 117
- Conclusion: Noises We Will Be Hearing Soon 154
- Appendix 161
- Notes 167
- References 211
- Index 231