Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Josephine HoegaertsSeries:Sound in HistoryPublish date:9/30/2025Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512827736ISBN-10:1512827738UPC:9781512827736Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Western Europe, Modern, Acoustics & SoundBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC9REVFEDB
Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice
What was considered a good, normal, or healthy voice in the nineteenth century?
In 1854, singing master Manuel Garcia became the first person to see the vocal cords at work in a human throat. Less than a decade later, surgeon Paul Broca identified what he called a speech center in the brain. The almost simultaneous invention of the laryngoscope and the discovery of Broca's area present important...Series: Sound in History
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512827736ISBN-10:1512827738UPC:9781512827736Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Western Europe, Modern, Acoustics & SoundBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC9REVFEDB
Josephine Hoegaerts is Professor of European Culture in the Department of History and European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
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