Sound Affects: A User's Guide (Thinking Media) - Softcover

Luke Robinson; Sharon Jane Mee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501388924 ISBN 13: 9781501388927

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024

Synopsis

Sound Affects: A User’s Guide is a collection of sonically-charged concepts ranging from those felt, ‘heard’ and repeated (silence, the oriental riff, shuffle), to the vocal (whispers, sing, the disembodied voice), to sounds at the threshold (tin/ny, thump, buzz) to sounds beyond the limits of audibility (inaudible tremors, distortion, sub-bass). Sound Affects invites the reader to reflect on the ways that sounds produce affects and the ways that affects can operate as sound.

Each of the entries develops a particular perspective on sound and affect through a close analysis of audiovisual and/or sonic objects. The objects chosen not only illustrate the concept in question but also demonstrate how the object encourages us to rethink the relationships between sounds and affects. Influenced by the sound theory of Eugenie Brinkema (2011), the concepts of Sound Affects plot the shift in volume from silence that opens up a space to be heard to the audibly near, from the audibly near to sounds beyond the limits of audibility. Sound Affects is an intellectual adventure for those who theorize and listen. The book can also be enjoyed as a narrative of sounds, its absences and its shifting intensities.

About this title

About the Author

Sharon Jane Mee is Adjunct Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Luke Robinson is a PhD candidate and a casual academic in the School of Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501388924
• ISBN 13: 9781501388927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Luke Robinson, Sharon Jane Mee