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Sound and Noise A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life : A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life by Marcia Jenneth Epstein; Arline Bronzaft is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sound and Noise A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life : A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life about?

"This book is about how you listen and what you hear, about how to have a dialogue with the sounds around you. Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives readers the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define their daily lives in this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both individuals and communities. Epstein employs scientific and sociological perspectives to examine noise in multiple contexts: as a threat to health and peace of mind, as a motivator for social cohesion, as a potent form of communication and expression of power. She draws on a massive base of specialist literature from fields as diverse as nursing and neuroscience, sociology and sound studies, acoustic ecology and urban planning, engineering, anthropology, and musicology, among others, synthesizing and explaining these findings to evaluate the ubiquitous effects of sound in everyday life. Epstein investigates speech and music as well as noise and explores their physical and cultural dimensions. Ultimately she argues for an engaged public dialogue on sound, built on a shared foundation of critical listening, and provides the understanding for all of us to speak and be

Author

Marcia Jenneth Epstein; Arline Bronzaft

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780228003885

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Medical