Sound and safe : a history of listening behind the wheel / Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs and Gijs Mom.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199925704
- 0199925704
- Automobiles -- Noise -- History
- Automobiles -- Design and construction -- History
- Automobiles -- Audio equipment -- History
- Automobiles -- Safety measures -- History
- Sound -- History
- Auditory perception -- History
- Privacy -- History
- Automobile driving -- Social aspects -- History
- Automobiles -- Bruit -- Histoire
- Automobiles -- Conception et construction -- Histoire
- Automobiles -- Chaînes stéréophoniques -- Histoire
- Automobiles -- Sécurité -- Mesures -- Histoire
- Perception auditive -- Histoire
- Vie privée -- Histoire
- Conduite automobile -- Aspect social -- Histoire
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
- Auditory perception
- Automobile driving -- Social aspects
- Automobiles -- Audio equipment
- Automobiles -- Design and construction
- Automobiles -- Noise
- Automobiles -- Safety measures
- Privacy
- Sound
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- TL246 .B55 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Driving in Control -- Introduction -- Why Acoustic Cocooning and the Sound of Cars? -- Making Sense of Sound -- Sensory Studies, Mobility Culture, and History of Technology -- How We Will Navigate -- New Themes along the Road -- 2. "It Shuts with a Comforting Sound" : Closing the Car Body -- Introduction -- The Rise of the Closed Sedan : Sound Body Building -- Mechanical Silence as Sign of Reliability and Engineering Quality -- Convenient Silence as Ideal for Long-Distance Travelling -- Aristocratic Silence as Mark of Distinction -- An Uplifting and Distancing Experience -- Saving the Cinematic Drive -- Conclusions -- 3. Humming Engines and Moving Radio : Encapsulating the Listening Driver -- Introduction -- Mysterious Noises : The Driver's Experiences -- Listening to the Automobile : The Mechanic's Ear -- The Repair Crisis and the Professionalization of the Car Mechanic -- "A Marriage on its Last Legs" : The Differentiation of Listening Practices -- Decent Radio Reception, As Long as the Car Is Not Moving -- The Car Radio as Mood Regulator -- Conclusions: Car Talk -- 4. "Like a Boxed Calf in a Traffic Drain" : The Car on the Corridor -- Introduction -- The "Only Option" : The Rise of the Roadside Noise Barrier in the Western World -- A New Berlin Wall : The Reception of Noise Barriers in the Netherlands -- Denial Design : Building Green, Transparent and Loss-Compensating Barriers -- A Moving Barrier : The Glocalization of the Noise Barrier -- Nothing to See, Lots to Listen to : Traffic Radio and Audio Books -- Conclusions -- 5. Selling Sound : Sensory Marketing in the Automotive Industry -- Introduction -- Coming to Your Senses, Composing the Sound of Cars -- Leeway for Car Sound Design : Behind the Scenes of International Standardization -- Finding Words for Sound : Lay and Expert Listeners -- Marketing Sound in the Experience Society -- Conclusions -- 6. Sound and Safe : Auditory Privacy and Sonic Relief in the Car -- Introduction -- A History of Listening Behind the Wheel -- Moving, Seeing, Listening, in the Car and in the Past -- The Echo of the Boom Car -- Conclusions: Sensitizing Mobility Culture -- Author Biographies -- Archives, Journals and Interviews.
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