Indian sound cultures, Indian sound citizenship
Ann Arbor:
University of Michigan Press
(2020), vi, 330 pp., bibliogr., index
ISBN 978-0-472-05434-3 (pbk); 978-0-472-12623-1 (online)
"Indian Sound Cultures, Indian Sound Citizenship addresses the multifaceted roles sound plays in Indian cultures and media, and enacts a sonic turn in South Asian Studies by understanding sound in its own social and cultural contexts. "Scapes, Sites, and Circulations" considers the spatial and circulatory ways in which sound "happens" in and around Indian sound cultures, including diasporic cultures. "Voice" emphasizes voices that embody a variety of struggles and ambiguities, particularly around gender and performance. Finally, "Cinema Sound" make specific arguments about film sound in the Indian context, from the earliest days of talkie technology to contemporary Hindi films and experimental art installations." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction: Out of the West, Out of the Text / Laura Brueck, Jacob Smith, And Neil Verma, 1
SECTION ONE: SCAPES, SITES, AND CIRCULATIONS
1. Sound Clouds: Listening and Citizenship in Indian Public Culture / Aswin Punathambekar and Sriram Mohan, 19
2. Sounding Out the Crowd: Sonic Political Futures in Migrant Mumbai / Kathryn C. Hardy, 44
3. It's Rocking? Exploring Sound and Intimacy through Mumbai's Faltering Indipop Music Industry / Peter Kvetko, 72
4. High-Fidelity Ecologies: India versus Noise Pollution in the Contemporary Public Sphere / Samhita Sunya, 88
SECTION TWO: VOICE
5. Usha Uthup and Her Husky, Heavy Voice / Pavitra Sundar, 115
6. Narendra Modi Speaks the Nation: Masculinity, Radio, and Voice / Praseeda Gopinath, 152
7. Voice of the Voiceless: Audiobook Performance and the Meaning of Sound in New Nonfiction from India / Roanne L. Kantor, 174
8. From Punjab Trilogy to the BBC Eastern Service: The Political Critiques and Cultural Mediations of Mulk Raj Anand / Sejal Sutaria, 201
SECTION THREE: CINEMA SOUND
9. Between Rage and Song: Voice, Performance, and Instrumentation in Shanta Apte's Films of the 1930s / Neepa Majumdar, 229
10. Have Mandolin Will Travel: Musical and Affective Themes of DDLJ / Jayson Beaster-Jones, 244
11. To Speak or Not to Speak: Publicity, Public Opinion, and the Transition to Talkies (Calcutta, Bengal, 1931-35) / Maohuja Mukherjee, 268
12. "Listen My Heart": Sound Art, Cinema, and the Possibilities of Surround Sound / Alexis Bhagat And Lauren Rosati, 297
SECTION ONE: SCAPES, SITES, AND CIRCULATIONS
1. Sound Clouds: Listening and Citizenship in Indian Public Culture / Aswin Punathambekar and Sriram Mohan, 19
2. Sounding Out the Crowd: Sonic Political Futures in Migrant Mumbai / Kathryn C. Hardy, 44
3. It's Rocking? Exploring Sound and Intimacy through Mumbai's Faltering Indipop Music Industry / Peter Kvetko, 72
4. High-Fidelity Ecologies: India versus Noise Pollution in the Contemporary Public Sphere / Samhita Sunya, 88
SECTION TWO: VOICE
5. Usha Uthup and Her Husky, Heavy Voice / Pavitra Sundar, 115
6. Narendra Modi Speaks the Nation: Masculinity, Radio, and Voice / Praseeda Gopinath, 152
7. Voice of the Voiceless: Audiobook Performance and the Meaning of Sound in New Nonfiction from India / Roanne L. Kantor, 174
8. From Punjab Trilogy to the BBC Eastern Service: The Political Critiques and Cultural Mediations of Mulk Raj Anand / Sejal Sutaria, 201
SECTION THREE: CINEMA SOUND
9. Between Rage and Song: Voice, Performance, and Instrumentation in Shanta Apte's Films of the 1930s / Neepa Majumdar, 229
10. Have Mandolin Will Travel: Musical and Affective Themes of DDLJ / Jayson Beaster-Jones, 244
11. To Speak or Not to Speak: Publicity, Public Opinion, and the Transition to Talkies (Calcutta, Bengal, 1931-35) / Maohuja Mukherjee, 268
12. "Listen My Heart": Sound Art, Cinema, and the Possibilities of Surround Sound / Alexis Bhagat And Lauren Rosati, 297
