Sound Works: A Cultural Theory of Sound Design (Paperback)

Preface Acknowledgements Part 1. Why That Sound?: Annoyance and Excitement by Design 1. Working 2. Consuming 3. Suffering 4. Joy Part 2. Sonic Labor: Statements, Situations, and Cases With illustrations by Julia Krause 5. Location and Apparatus 6. Skills and Habits 7. Conflicts and Heuristics 8. Portfolio and Presentations Part 3. Living With Sound: The Semiotics and Mediology of Sonic Signs Written in collaboration with Carla J. Maier 9. Signifying Sounds 10. Situated Signalling 11. Transmitting Sounds 12. Transcultural Aurality Part 4. Sound Works: A Cultural Theory of Sound Design 13. The Silencing Dispositive 14. The Economy of Sound 15. The Panacoustic Society 16. The Sonic Capital References Index