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Doing cultural studies : the story of the Sony Walkman / Story of the Sony Walkman Sony Walkman Paul du Gay ... [et al.]. - London ; Thousand Oaks [Calif.] : Sage, in association with The Open University, 1997. - 151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. ; pbk. - Culture, media and identities . - Culture, media, and identities. .

CW015, CW088, CW123, CW124 CW027 CW707 CW738 CW808 CW027

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Selected Readings] The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Walter Benjamin -- Mobile privatization / Raymond Williams -- Scratching a global dream / Nick Lyons -- The selling of the "Walkman" / Shu Ueyama -- How Sony Corporation became first with kids / Thomas A. Harvey -- Listening otherwise, music miniaturized : a different type of question about revolution / Rey Chow -- A miniature history of the Walkman / Iain Chambers -- Menace II society / Vincent Jackson.

ISBN: 0761954023 (pbk.) 0761954015 (cased) 9780761954026: £11.95

LCCN: 96071229

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha.
Sonı̄ Kabushiki Kaisha.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cassette tape recorders--Technological innovations
Cassette tape recorders--Technological innovations--Social aspects
Popular culture.
Sound--Equipment and supplies--Social aspects
Society.
Communication studies
Anthropology
Cultural studies

Dewey Class. No.: 306.46