Senses of Vibration : a History of the Pleasure and Pain of Sound.

Senses of Vibration : a History of the Pleasure and Pain of Sound.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Trower, Shelley, 1975-
Imprint:	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (223 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Sound -- Psychological aspects. Sound -- Physiological effect. Vibration -- Physiological effect. Sound in literature. Sensory stimulation. Vibration. Sound. Vibration. Literature. Noise. Psychological Phenomena and Processes. Sensory stimulation. Sound in literature. Sound -- Physiological effect. Sound -- Psychological aspects. Vibration. Vibration -- Physiological effect. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236897

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ISBN:	9781441118905 144111890X 9781441161970 144116197X 9781441148636 1441148639
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The study of the senses has become a rich topic in recent years. Senses of Vibration explores a wide range of sensory experience and makes a decisive new contribution to this growing field by focussing not simply on the senses as such, but on the material experience - vibration - that underpins them. This is the first book to take the theme of vibration as central, offering an interdisciplinary history of the phenomenon and its reverberations in the cultural imaginary. It tracks vibration through the work of a wide range of writers, including physiologists (who thought vibrations in the nerve.
Other form:	Print version: Trower, Shelley. Senses of Vibration : A History of the Pleasure and Pain of Sound. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2012 9781441148636

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction: Hearing Vibrations; 1 Nervous Motions; 2 Psychophysical Sensations and Spiritual Vibrations; 3 Wires, Rays and Radio Waves; 4 Pathological Motions: Railway Shock, Street Noises, Earthquakes; 5 Sexual Health: Sewing Machines, Bicycle Spine, the Vibrator; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.