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Humming (Hardcover)
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Humming (Hardcover)
Series: The Study of Sound
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Humming is a ubiquitous and mundane act many of us perform. The
fact that we often hum to ourselves, to family members, or to close
friends suggests that humming is a personal, intimate act. It can
also be a powerful way in which people open up to others and share
collective memories. In religious settings such as Tibetan
chanting, humming offers a mesmerising sonic experience. Then there
are hums that resound regardless of human activity, such as the
hums of impersonal objects and man-made or natural phenomena. The
first sound studies book to explores the topic of humming, Humming
offers a unique examination of the polarising categories of hums,
from hums that are performed only to oneself, that are exercised in
religious practice, that claim healing, and that resonate with our
bodies, to hums that can drive people to madness, that emanate from
cities and towns, and that resound in the universe. By
acknowledging the quirkiness of hums within the established
discourse in sound studies, Humming takes a truly interdisciplinary
view on this familiar yet less-trodden sonic concept in sound
studies.
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