Mapping cultural auracy: The sonic politics of the day the Earth stood still

Cranny-Francis, A

Mapping cultural auracy: The sonic politics of the day the Earth stood still

Cranny-Francis, A

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Citation:: Social Semiotics, 2007, 17 (1), pp. 87 - 110
Issue Date:: 2007-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cranny-Francis, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-1183	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Social Semiotics, 2007, 17 (1), pp. 87 - 110	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1035-0330	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14122
dc.description.abstract	Anna Kassabian writes in Hearing Film that "classical Hollywood film music is a semiotic code, and that it can and should be subjected to various semiotic and cultural studies methods, such as discourse analysis and ideology critique" (p. 36). This paper examines the sound of a particular Hollywood film-the B-Grade 1950 science fiction "classic" The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-in order to perform the kind of analysis Kassabian demands; but also to argue that the analysis needs to encompass not only music, but all sonic elements of the film. Furthermore, the paper argues for development of a cultural auracy that will complement studies of verbal and visual literacies in multimodal and multimedia texts. © 2007 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Semiotics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10350330601124684	en_US
dc.title	Mapping cultural auracy: The sonic politics of the day the Earth stood still	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2099 Other Language, Communication and Culture	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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Abstract:

Anna Kassabian writes in Hearing Film that "classical Hollywood film music is a semiotic code, and that it can and should be subjected to various semiotic and cultural studies methods, such as discourse analysis and ideology critique" (p. 36). This paper examines the sound of a particular Hollywood film-the B-Grade 1950 science fiction "classic" The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-in order to perform the kind of analysis Kassabian demands; but also to argue that the analysis needs to encompass not only music, but all sonic elements of the film. Furthermore, the paper argues for development of a cultural auracy that will complement studies of verbal and visual literacies in multimodal and multimedia texts. © 2007 Taylor & Francis.

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