Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acoustemology / Steven Feld -- Acoustics / Benjamin Steege -- Body / Deborah Kapchan -- Deafness / Mara Mills -- Echo / Mark M. Smith -- Hearing / Jonathan Sterne -- Image / John Mowitt -- Language / David Samuels and Thomas Porcello -- Listening / Tom Rice -- Music / Matt Sakakeeny -- Noise / David Novak -- Phonography / Patrick Feaster -- Radio / Daniel Fisher -- Religion / Charles Hirschkind -- Resonance / Veit Erlmann -- Silence / Ana María Ochoa -- Space / Andrew Eisenberg -- Synthesis / Tara Rodgers -- Transduction / Stefan Helmreich -- Voice / Amanda Weidman

In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, "Keywords in Sound" presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each contributor details their keyword's intellectual history, outlines its role in cultural, social and political discourses, and suggests possibilities for further research. "Keywords in Sound" charts the philosophical debates and core problems in defining, classifying and conceptualizing sound, and sets new challenges for the development of sound studies