* The Wire * Tuhus-Dubrow illuminates a web of stories connected to the Walkman, her references as ubiquitous as its users. * Pitchfork (named one of Pitchfork's favorite books of 2017) * careful, astute study. Her thoughtfulness imbues this chronicle of a once-modern, now-obsolete device with a mindfulness that isn't often seen in writing about technology.

But as Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow outlines in the delightful Personal Stereo, being able to do so is a relatively recent development. * Music Book Review * In 2017, having music pumped into your ears through headphones while existing in public is a thoroughly normal thing to do. * New Books Network * An honest & deft entry in Object Lessons series. Ranging from postwar Japan to the present, Tuhus-Dubrow tells an illuminating story about our emotional responses to technological change.A compelling and expertly researched study of the Sony Walkman. In Personal Stereo, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow takes us back to the birth of the device, exploring legal battles over credit for its invention, its ambivalent reception in 1980s America, and its lasting effects on social norms and public space. But the Walkman was also denounced as self-indulgent and antisocial-the quintessential accessory for the 'me' generation. 'When the Sony Walkman debuted in 1979, people were enthralled by the novel experience it offered: immersion in the music of their choice, anytime, anywhere. Novelty : Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute Trapping sound The Walkman's fathers The case of Andreas Pavel Invention or evolution? Enter the Walkman 'The thinking man's box' The Walkman, culottes, and moccasins : 'Outside of reality' - Norm : Hear muffs and baladeurs Symbol of the 1980s A public health problem Death by Walkman 'Home taping is killing music' 'First, drug abuse now, earphone abuse' 'There is no such thing as society' A nonstop masturbational fantasy Fondalepsy and Walkman's oblivion Cosmetics, Walkmans, and Mars Bars 'Remember Pearl Harbor' The management of everyday life A listening, enjoying unit What would Miss Manners say? - Nostalgia : Music wants to be free The iPod arrives Whatever happened to Sony? From crazy to normal, from glares to shrugs 'I only listen to cassettes' Why the analog nostalgia? Revenge of the Walkman A force that bends logic 1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations

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