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Auditory attention: the unseen force shaping focus and distraction.
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The Attentive Ear
Sound, Cognition, and Subjectivity, 1800-1930
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384 pages
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22 September 2026
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Summary
The Attentive Ear: An Interdisciplinary History of Auditory Attention
Over the past decade, attention and its perceived opposite, distraction, have become sites of sustained anxiety and debate. Questions around attentive economies, histories, and cognitive modes have surfaced across a range of disciplines from cultural studies to computer science, philosophy, and medicine.
The Attentive Ear fills a significant gap in current scholarship, exploring the history of aud…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781512829945 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1512829943 |
| Author: | Francesca Brittan, Carmel Raz |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Imprint: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Sound in History |
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About The Author
Francesca Brittan
Francesca Brittan is Associate Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University.
Carmel Raz is Assistant Professor of Music at Cornell University.
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