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Author_Jacob Smith
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cinema
cultural history of sound
cultural studies
entertainment industry
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erotic performance
film and television
film sound
film studies
media studies
media technology
melodrama
movie studies
multimedia
musicians
performance of authenticity
phonograph
phony performances
prank phone calls
radio
radio studies
recorded laughter
records
rough mix
sound
sound film
sound industries
sound recordings
sound technologies
theory of performance
vocal performance
vocal recordings
vocal styles
voice
Product details
- ISBN 9780520254947
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 2008
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through the lens of performance, bringing to light a fascinating nexus of performer, technology, and audience. Combining theories of film sound, cultural histories of sound technologies and industries, and theories of performance, Smith convincingly connects disparate and largely neglected performance niches to explore the development of a modern vocal performance. "Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media" demonstrates the voice to be a vehicle of performance, identity, and culture and illustrates both the interconnection of all these categories and their relation to the media technologies of the past century.
Jacob Smith is Lecturer in the Institute of Film and Television Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham.
