TY - GEN AU - Corbin, Alain TI - Village bells : sound and meaning in the 19th century French countryside Tr. by Martin Thom SN - 9780333752807 U1 - 306.09 PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Papermac Pub. KW - N1 - CONTENTS Foreword to the English Translation ix Preface: Exploring a Vanished World xii PART ONE THE DEFENSE OF AN AUDITORY IDENTITY CHAPTER ONE. An Impossible ReYolution in the Culture of the Senses 3 CHAPTER TWO The ''Abductors of Bells" 45 PART TWO L'ESPRIT DU CLOCHER CHAPTER THRE.E. Communities and Their Bells 73 CHAPTER FOUR The Auditory Markers of the Village 9S CHAPTER FIVE The Density of Truth zS9 PART THREE THE RIGHT TO RING CHAPTER SIX The Stakes Involved in Local Disputes 207 CHAPTER SEVEN The Control of Auditory Messages 218 CHAPTER EIGHT The Principal "Clashes" 2S4 PART FOUR A HISTORY IN COUNTERPOINT CHAPTER NINE From a Deduced to a Proclaimed Sensibility 287 Notes 309 Map of Secular Peals 391 List of Sources 393 Index 397 ER -