Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Note On Names xvii
5. Introduction: All That Is Solid Melts Into Sound 1
6. 1. Vocal Cords And Telephone Wires: Orality In Japan, Old And New 22
7. 2. Sound And Sentiment 52
8. 3. The Grain In The Groove: Inscribed Voices, Echoed Temporalities 83
9. 4. Imagining The Wireless Community 114
10. 5. Ghostlier Demarcations, Keener Sounds: Early Japanese Radio Drama 154
11. 6. Sound And Motion 192
12. Coda- Oke 225
13. Notes 229
14. Bibliography 253
15. Index 263