University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Audible Past: Modernity, Technology, and the Cultural History of Sound

Sterne, Jonathan Edward

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Title
The Audible Past: Modernity, Technology, and the Cultural History of Sound
Author(s)
Sterne, Jonathan Edward
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
  • Grossberg, Lawrence
  • Nerone, John C.
Department of Study
Communications
Discipline
Communications
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
American Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
To summarize, the dissertation uses the history of meanings surrounding sound reproduction as an entry point into the cultural history of sound itself. By denaturalizing sound's cultural significance, this project reconsiders the history of the senses and the privileging of vision in theory and historiography.
Graduation Semester
1999
Type of Resource
text
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