TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bijsterveld,Karin
AU  - Cleophas,Eefje
AU  - Krebs,Stefan
AU  - Mom,Gijs
TI  - Sound and safe: a history of listening behind the wheel 
SN  - 9780199925704
AV  - TL246 .S686 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Automobiles
KW  - Noise
KW  - History
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Audio equipment
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Sound
KW  - Auditory perception
KW  - Privacy
KW  - Automobile driving
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 1. Driving in Control --; Introduction --; Why Acoustic Cocooning and the Sound of Cars? --; Making Sense of Sound --; Sensory Studies, Mobility Culture, and History of Technology --; How We Will Navigate --; New Themes along the Road --; 2. "It Shuts with a Comforting Sound" : Closing the Car Body --; Introduction --; The Rise of the Closed Sedan : Sound Body Building --; Mechanical Silence as Sign of Reliability and Engineering Quality --; Convenient Silence as Ideal for Long-Distance Travelling --; Aristocratic Silence as Mark of Distinction --; An Uplifting and Distancing Experience --; Saving the Cinematic Drive --; Conclusions --; 3. Humming Engines and Moving Radio : Encapsulating the Listening Driver --; Introduction --; Mysterious Noises : The Driver's Experiences --; Listening to the Automobile : The Mechanic's Ear --; The Repair Crisis and the Professionalization of the Car Mechanic --; "A Marriage on its Last Legs" : The Differentiation of Listening Practices --; Decent Radio Reception, As Long as the Car Is Not Moving --; The Car Radio as Mood Regulator --; Conclusions: Car Talk --; 4. "Like a Boxed Calf in a Traffic Drain" : The Car on the Corridor --; Introduction --; The "Only Option" : The Rise of the Roadside Noise Barrier in the Western World --; A New Berlin Wall : The Reception of Noise Barriers in the Netherlands --; Denial Design : Building Green, Transparent and Loss-Compensating Barriers --; A Moving Barrier : The Glocalization of the Noise Barrier --; Nothing to See, Lots to Listen to : Traffic Radio and Audio Books --; Conclusions --; 5. Selling Sound : Sensory Marketing in the Automotive Industry --; Introduction --; Coming to Your Senses, Composing the Sound of Cars --; Leeway for Car Sound Design : Behind the Scenes of International Standardization --; Finding Words for Sound : Lay and Expert Listeners --; Marketing Sound in the Experience Society --; Conclusions --; 6. Sound and Safe : Auditory Privacy and Sonic Relief in the Car --; Introduction --; A History of Listening Behind the Wheel --; Moving, Seeing, Listening, in the Car and in the Past --; The Echo of the Boom Car --; Conclusions: Sensitizing Mobility Culture --; Author Biographies --; Archives, Journals and Interviews; 2; b
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