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Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of "Books That Sing" (Sound in Urban and Popular Culture)

Justin St. Clair

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Description:Offering both a short history and a theoretical framework, this book is the first extended study of the soundtracked book as a media form.A sountracked book is a print or digital publication for which a recorded, musical complement has been produced. Early examples were primarily developed for the children's market, but by the middle of the twentieth century, ethnographers had begun producing book-and-record combinations that used print to contextualize musical artifacts. The last half-century has witnessed the rapid expansion of the adult market, including soundtracked novels from celebrated writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Kathy Acker, and Mark Z. Danielewski. While often dismissed as gimmicks, this volume argues that soundtracked books represent an interesting case study in media consumption. Unlike synchronous multimedia forms, the vast majority of soundtracked books require that audience activity be split between reading and listening, thus defining the user experience and often shaping the content of singing books as well.Mapping the form's material evolution, this book charts a previously unconsidered pathway through more than a century of recording formats and packaging strategies, emphasizing the synergies and symbioses that characterize the marriage of sound and print. As such, it will be of value to a general to scholars and postgraduate students working in media studies, literary studies, and sound studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of "Books That Sing" (Sound in Urban and Popular Culture). To get started finding Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of "Books That Sing" (Sound in Urban and Popular Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Offering both a short history and a theoretical framework, this book is the first extended study of the soundtracked book as a media form.A sountracked book is a print or digital publication for which a recorded, musical complement has been produced. Early examples were primarily developed for the children's market, but by the middle of the twentieth century, ethnographers had begun producing book-and-record combinations that used print to contextualize musical artifacts. The last half-century has witnessed the rapid expansion of the adult market, including soundtracked novels from celebrated writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Kathy Acker, and Mark Z. Danielewski. While often dismissed as gimmicks, this volume argues that soundtracked books represent an interesting case study in media consumption. Unlike synchronous multimedia forms, the vast majority of soundtracked books require that audience activity be split between reading and listening, thus defining the user experience and often shaping the content of singing books as well.Mapping the form's material evolution, this book charts a previously unconsidered pathway through more than a century of recording formats and packaging strategies, emphasizing the synergies and symbioses that characterize the marriage of sound and print. As such, it will be of value to a general to scholars and postgraduate students working in media studies, literary studies, and sound studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of "Books That Sing" (Sound in Urban and Popular Culture). To get started finding Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of "Books That Sing" (Sound in Urban and Popular Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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