Audible Geographies in Latin America Sounds of Race and Place
Audible Geographies in Latin America examines the audibility of place as a racialized phenomenon. It argues that place is not just a geographical or political notion, but also a sensorial one, shaped by the specific profile of the senses engaged thro
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Audible Geographies in Latin America
Dylon Lamar Robbins
Audible Geographies in Latin America Sounds of Race and Place
Dylon Lamar Robbins Department of Spanish and Portuguese/Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) New York University New York, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-10557-0 ISBN 978-3-030-10558-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10558-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018966130 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: garymilner/E+/Getty Images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Preface: As a Listener
As this is a book on sound, I should say something about myself as a listener. There are a number of threads carried throughout the following discussion that trace trajectories and suggest continuities between listeners of different kinds, between mediations of different kinds, between places of different kinds. Their shared criterion is that of difference. And across these gaps and fissures, there are bridges and contacts of varying scale, the circulation and dispersal of objects and ideas, or the simultaneity of a shared experience, virtually or otherwise. Sound, or what was heard, is a question that implies a listener in every case. And what I have heard or listened for in different objects, whether through conjecture or as a matter of fact, has transpired relationally, just as what I attempt to describe in these chapters is a relationality that coalesces in the instance of listening, as a connection is implied between the listener and the sounded. Some record stores have been like libraries to
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