Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control

Mack Hagood

Published by Duke University Press 2019

Hush

Media and Sonic Self-Control

Mack Hagood

In the series Sign, Storage, Transmission

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478004479

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About this book

Mack Hagood outlines how noise-cancelling headphones, tinnitus maskers, white noise machines, nature-sound mobile apps, and other forms of media give users the ability to create sonic safe spaces for themselves, showing how the desire to block certain sounds are informed by ideologies of race, gender, and class.

Author / Editor information

Mack Hagood is Robert H. and Nancy J. Blayney Assistant Professor of Comparative Media Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Reviews

"Hagood points out that we now often talk about personal freedom in terms of what we don’t have to listen to, and he focusses, in the book, on our efforts to navigate sonic nuisances, and also the paradox of combating sound with more sound, in a world that has become loud enough to damage our health. . . . The stakes of Hush might seem small . . . But, once you begin to think about the relationship between the sound waves that constantly pass through us and the potential loss of self, you become more attuned to all the beckoning noises of modern life."

-- Hua Hsu The New Yorker

"Hush is provocative and insightful."

-- Stephen Phillips The Wire

"Hagood leaves us rethinking media theory, sound studies, and the definition of media."

-- John F. Barber Leonardo Reviews

"Hush is an important addition to the emerging field of sound studies. . . . Scholars of sound studies, digital media, broadcast media, disability studies, and those interested in the intersection of gender and race with media will find this book insightful."

-- Jennifer Hyland Wang Journal of Radio & Audio Media

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. Hearing What We Want Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Suppression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Part II. Masking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Part III. Cancellation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Conclusion. Wanting What We Hear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 61 illustrations

eBook

Published: February 14, 2019
ISBN: 9781478004479