This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars, shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.
This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars, shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.
Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, and Stefan Krebs teach in the Department of Technology and Society Studies at Maastricht University. Gijs Mom teaches in the History of Technology and Mobility at Eindhoven University of Technology. Each has published extensively on the topic of sound and automobiles.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents Acknowledgements 1. Driving in Control 2. "It Shuts with a Comforting Sound": Closing the Car Body 3. Humming Engines and Moving Radio: Encapsulating the Listening Driver 4. "Like a Boxed Calf in a Traffic Drain": The Car on the Corridor 5. Selling Sound: Sensory Marketing in the Automotive Industry 6. Sound and Safe: Auditory Privacy and Sonic Relief in the Car Author Biographies Archives, Journals and Interviews References Index
Contents Acknowledgements 1. Driving in Control 2. "It Shuts with a Comforting Sound": Closing the Car Body 3. Humming Engines and Moving Radio: Encapsulating the Listening Driver 4. "Like a Boxed Calf in a Traffic Drain": The Car on the Corridor 5. Selling Sound: Sensory Marketing in the Automotive Industry 6. Sound and Safe: Auditory Privacy and Sonic Relief in the Car Author Biographies Archives, Journals and Interviews References Index
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