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100 _aCorbin, Alain
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245 _aVillage bells : sound and meaning in the 19th century French countryside Tr. by Martin Thom
260 _aLondon
_bPapermac Pub.
_c1998
300 _axx,418p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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
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