Extending the Sonic Bubble : Solitary Listening as a Technology of the Self
Autor: | Volgsten, Ulrik |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Popis: | Until the 1920s, music listening had hardly, if at all, been available as a means for individual mood regulation, and listening neither to recorded music nor to any music at all had been available as a solitary practice. Music was, until the third decade of the twentieth century— and being strange as it may seem today when almost everybody listens to music with headphones both privately and in public spaces—commonly regarded as a communal rather than as an individual and solitary activity. The chapter considers several interrelated main questions: How was the gramophone used and what social roles did it play? Who listened? What did they listen to? When and where did they listen and why? The Past as Repeatable Present |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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