Sounding Out the City: Personal Stereos and the Management of Everyday Life (Materializing Culture)

On buses, trains, and streets over the past decade and more, youths in particular but increasingly older people as well tune into their personal stereos and tune out city sounds. Why? What does the personal stereo mean to these people and to urban culture more generally? Does it heighten reality? Enable people to cope? Isolate? Create a space? Combat boredom? Far too commonplace and enduring to be considered a fashion accessory, the personal stereo has become a potent artefact symbolizing contemporary urban life.This book opens up a new area of urban studies, the auditory experience of self and place. In doing so, it enhances our understanding of the role of media and technology in everyday life. Urban, cultural and anthropological studies have been dominated by explanations of experiences drawing upon notions of visuality. But culture always has an auditory component that shapes attitudes and behaviour -- perhaps nowhere more so than in the city where sound is intensified. This book challenges strictly visual approaches to culture by proposing an auditory understanding of behaviour through an ethnographic analysis of personal stereo use. The author reformulates our understanding of how people, through the senses, negotiate central experiences of the urban, such as space, place, time and the management of everyday experience, and examines the critical role technology plays.This book will be of interest to anyone seeking a fresh and incisive approach to urban studies, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, or media and communication studies. nlReader -1 nlReader1 1 nlReader2 2 nlReader3 3 nlReader4 4 nlReader5 5 nlReader6 6 nlReader7 7 nlReader8 8 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_1 9 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_2 10 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_3 11 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_4 12 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_5 13 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_6 14 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_7 15 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_8 16 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_9 17 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_10 18 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_11 19 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_12 20 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_13 21 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_14 22 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_15 23 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_16 24 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_17 25 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_18 26 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_19 27 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_20 28 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_21 29 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_22 30 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_23 31 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_24 32 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_5F25 33 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_26 34 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_27 35 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_28 36 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_29 37 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_30 38 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_31 39 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_32 40 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_33 41 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_34 42 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_35 43 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_36 44 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_37 45 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_38 46 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_39 47 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_5F40 48 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_41 49 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_42 50 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_43 51 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_44 52 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_45 53 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_46 54 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_47 55 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_48 56 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_49 57 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_50 58 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_51 59 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_52 60 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_53 61 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_54 62 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_55 63 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_56 64 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_57 65 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_58 66 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_59 67 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_60 68 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_61 69 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_62 70 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_63 71 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_64 72 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_65 73 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_66 74 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_67 75 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_68 76 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_69 77 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_70 78 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_71 79 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_72 80 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_73 81 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_74 82 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_75 83 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_76 84 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_77 85 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_78 86 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_79 87 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_80 88 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_81 89 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_82 90 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_83 91 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_84 92 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_85 93 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_86 94 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_87 95 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_88 96 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_89 97 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_90 98 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_91 99 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_92 100 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_93 101 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_94 102 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_95 103 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_96 104 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_97 105 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_98 106 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_99 107 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_100 108 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_101 109 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_102 110 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_103 111 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_104 112 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_105 113 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_106 114 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_107 115 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_108 116 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_109 117 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_110 118 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_111 119 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_112 120 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_113 121 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_114 122 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_115 123 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_116 124 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_117 125 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_118 126 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_119 127 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_120 128 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_121 129 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_122 130 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_123 131 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_124 132 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_125 133 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_126 134 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_127 135 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_128 136 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_129 137 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_130 138 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_131 139 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_132 140 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_133 141 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_134 142 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_135 143 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_136 144 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_137 145 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_138 146 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_139 147 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_140 148 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_141 149 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_142 150 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_143 151 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_144 152 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_145 153 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_146 154 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_147 155 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_148 156 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_149 157 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_150 158 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_151 159 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_152 160 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_153 161 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_154 162 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_155 163 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_156 164 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_157 165 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_158 166 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_159 167 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_160 168 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_161 169 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_162 170 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_163 171 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_164 172 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_165 173 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_166 174 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_167 175 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_168 176 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_169 177 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_170 178 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_171 179 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_172 180 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_173 181 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_174 182 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_175 183 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_176 184 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_177 185 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_178 186 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_179 187 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_180 188 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_181 189 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_182 190 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_183 191 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_184 192 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_185 193 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_186 194 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_187 195 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_188 196 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_189 197 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_190 198 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_191 199 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_192 200 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_193 201 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_194 202 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_195 203 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_196 204 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_197 205 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_198 206 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_199 207 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_200 208 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_201 209 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_202 210 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_203 211 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_204 212 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_205 213 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_206 214 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_207 215 nlReader.dll@BookID=74545&FileName=Page_208 216 Aims to enhance our understanding of the role of media and technology in everyday life. This book challenges the visual approaches to culture by proposing an auditory understanding of behaviour through an ethnographic analysis of personal stereo use. It is for those seeking an approach to urban studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.