Author : Justin St. Clair
Release : 2022-06-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age write by Justin St. Clair. This book was released on 2022-06-15. Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offering both a short history and a theoretical framework, this book is the first extended study of the soundtracked book as a media form. A soundtracked book is a print or digital publication for which a recorded, musical complement has been produced. Early examples were primarily developed for the children's market, but by the middle of the twentieth century, ethnographers had begun producing book-and-record combinations that used print to contextualize musical artifacts. The last half-century has witnessed the rapid expansion of the adult market, including soundtracked novels from celebrated writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Kathy Acker, and Mark Z. Danielewski. While often dismissed as gimmicks, this volume argues that soundtracked books represent an interesting case study in media consumption. Unlike synchronous multimedia forms, the vast majority of soundtracked books require that audience activity be split between reading and listening, thus defining the user experience and often shaping the content of singing books as well. Mapping the form's material evolution, this book charts a previously unconsidered pathway through more than a century of recording formats and packaging strategies, emphasizing the synergies and symbioses that characterize the marriage of sound and print. As such, it will be of value to scholars and postgraduate students working in media studies, literary studies, and sound studies.