Alexander G. Weheliye: Phonographies M Nourbese Philip Asher had a bronze replica

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Alexander G. Weheliye: Phonographies M Nourbese Philip Asher had a bronze replicaDuke University Press, 2005, softcover, 300 pages, 14. 9 x 23. 5 cm Phonographies explores the numerous links and relays between twentieth century black cultural production and sound technologies from the phonograph to the Walkman. Highlighting how black authors, filmmakers, and musicians have actively engaged with recorded sound in their work, Alexander G. Weheliye contends that the interplay between sound technologies and black music and speech