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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jacob SmithPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.472kg ISBN: 9780520254930ISBN 10: 0520254937 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 04 August 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: FLOODING OUT 1. Recorded Laughter and the Performance of Authenticity 2. Erotic Performance on Record PART TWO: A FINER GRAIN OF THE VOICE 3. The Nearness of You; or, The Voice of Melodrama 4. Rough Mix PART THREE: BUGGING THE BACKSTAGE 5. The Act of Being Yourself 6. Phony Performances Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Heterogeneous and ambitious ... Smith has generously supplied an opportunity for future research.""--Screening the Past" Heterogeneous and ambitious ... Smith has generously supplied an opportunity for future research. --Screening the Past Author InformationJacob Smith is Lecturer in the Institute of Film and Television Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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