Shellac in Visual and Sonic Culture : : Unsettled Matter / / Elodie A. Roy.
This book charts the unsettled media cultures and deep time of shellac, retracing its journey from the visual to the sonic, and back again. Each chapter unveils a situated moment in the long history of shellac - travelling from its early visual culture to Emile Berliner's discovery of its audit...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023] 2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: From material culture to the materials of culture
- 1. Sheen: Early stories and circulation of shellac
- 2. Crackle: Assembling the record
- 3. Mirrors: Phono-fetishism and intersensory visions
- 4. Detonations: Shellac at war
- 5. Shards: Waste, obsolescence, and contemporary remediations
- Conclusion: Sonic sculptures
- Bibliography
- Index