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National Acoustics
Brian Currid
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Description for National Acoustics
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
A sound track of Germany in the early twentieth century might conjure military music and the voice of Adolf Hitler rising above a cheering crowd. In A National Acoustics, Brian Currid challenges this reductive characterization by investigating the transformations of music in mass culture from the Weimar Republic to the end of the Nazi regime.
Offering a nuanced analysis of how publicity was constructed through radio programming, print media, popular song, and film, Currid examines how German citizens developed an emotional investment in the nation and other forms of collectivity that were tied to the sonic experience. Reading in ... Read more
A sound track of Germany in the early twentieth century might conjure military music and the voice of Adolf Hitler rising above a cheering crowd. In A National Acoustics, Brian Currid challenges this reductive characterization by investigating the transformations of music in mass culture from the Weimar Republic to the end of the Nazi regime.
Offering a nuanced analysis of how publicity was constructed through radio programming, print media, popular song, and film, Currid examines how German citizens developed an emotional investment in the nation and other forms of collectivity that were tied to the sonic experience. Reading in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816640423
SKU
V9780816640423
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About Brian Currid
Brian Currid is an independent scholar who lives in Berlin.
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