The Social Life of Sound

By Sophia Maalsen

Provides a new and innovative angle on the controversies and conflicts generated with the emergence of cultures and practices of music-making associated with new music-making technologies
Theoretically and conceptually innovative, being the first work that applies an object biography and life history approach to reused musical sounds
Enlists a broad range of illustrative examples of interest to musical scholars and music enthusiasts. This includes record collecting; beat making and sampling; curating music at both an institutional level (Smithsonian Folkways), independent label level, and in personal collections; and, reissuing records
Offers broad appeal to a diverse audience - both academic and those interested in music cultures more broadly

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811334528
• ISBN13: 9789811334528
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"