Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolutions Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction (Large Print)

Paperback

Main Details

Title Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolutions Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David George Haskell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:748
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLarge Print
RHYW Large Print
All Dates
Non-Fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781741363180
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher RHYW Large Print
Imprint ReadHowYouWant
NZ Release Date 31 July 2022
Publication Country Australia

Description

The Earths sounds are wonderfully diverse, complex and beautiful - but they are under threat. A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a planet alive with song, music and speech. David Haskell explores how these wonders came to be. In rainforests shimmering with insect sound and swamps pulsing with frog calls, we learn about evolutions creative powers. From the Rocky Mountains to the streets of Paris, we discover how animals learn their songs and adapt to new environments. Below the waves, we hear our kinship to underwater beings. Starting with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell illuminates and celebrates the emergence of the varied sounds of our world. We learn that human music and language belong within this story of ecology and evolution. Yet we are also destroyers, now silencing or smothering many of the sounds of the living Earth. Haskell shows that sonic crises are not mere losses of sensory ornament. Sound is a generative force, and so the erasure of sonic diversity makes the world less creative, just and beautiful. Sounds Wild and Broken is an invitation to listen, wonder, belong and act.