Soundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds

<p>This book is an interdisciplinary edited collection that seeks to recognize the radical importance of sound and center it in discussions in the field of early modern studies.</p><p>Bringing together a collection of case studies related spatially and temporally to specific places or events the volume explores a gallery of soundscapes mapping the early modern Iberian empires. This transnational and comparative style takes a twofold approach: on the one hand each study works as a snapshot of the soundscape of a given place and time; on the other the different entries offer a series of paradigms to systematically approach the tensions and developments related to sound in the early modern period. Ultimately this volume collects soundscapes from multiple territories and geographies: from the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula and their expansion throughout the Mediterranean the Atlantic and the Pacific.</p><p><i>Soundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds </i>will be of great value to students and scholars interested in the history of senses emotions and theatre social and cultural history and early modern history.</p>