A substantially revised and updated second edition of this ground-breaking and bestselling Reader which charts new territory in the study of the auditory and its role in society.
                                                  Michael Bull is Professor of Sound Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published widely in the field of sound studies. He is a founding member of The European Association of Sound Studies and is the editor and co-founder of the journals The Senses and Society and Sound Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (both Bloomsbury).
Les Back is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK. He has written and edited numerous books on race, music and multiculturalism.