Hush Media and Sonic Self-Control |
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| Author:
| Hagood, Mack |
| Series title: | Sign, Storage, Transmission Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4780-0447-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.