Format Friction by Gavin Williams PAPERBACK 9780226833262

Name: Format Friction by Gavin Williams PAPERBACK 9780226833262
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

The first book to consider the shellac disc as a global format.\nWith the rise of the gramophone around 1900, the shellac disc traveled the world and eventually became the dominant sound format in the first half of the twentieth century. Format Friction brings together a set of local encounters with the shellac disc, beginning with its preconditions in South Asian knowledge and labor, to offer a global portrait of this format.\nSpun at seventy-eight revolutions per minute, the shellac disc rapidly became an industrial standard even while the gramophone itself remained a novelty. The very basis of this early sound reproduction technology was friction, an elemental materiality of sound shaped through cultural practice. Using friction as a lens, Gavin Williams illuminates the environments\n\nFormat Friction\nPerspectives on the Shellac Disc\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the;