Echo
- ISBN-10
- 026236882X
- ISBN-13
- 9780262368827
- Series
- Echo
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-05-10
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Amit Pinchevski
Description
An exploration of echo not as simple repetition but as an agent of creative possibilities. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amit Pinchevski proposes that echo is not simple repetition and the reproduction of sameness but an agent of change and a source of creation and creativity. Pinchevski views echo as a medium, connecting and mediating across and between disparate domains. He reminds us that the mythological Echo, sentenced by Juno to repeat the last words of others, found a way to make repetition expressive. So too does echo introduce variation into sameness, mediating between self and other, inside and outside, known and unknown, near and far. Echo has the potential to bring back something unexpected, either more or less than what was sent. Pinchevski distinguishes echo from the closely related but sometimes conflated reflection, reverberation, and resonance; considers echolalia as an active, reactive, and creative vocalic force, the launching pad of speech; and explores echo as a rhetorical device, steering between appropriation and response while always maintaining relation. He examines the trope of echo chamber and both destructive and constructive echoing; describes various echo techniques and how echo can serve practical purposes from echolocation in bats and submarines to architecture and sound recording; explores echo as a link to the past, both literally and metaphorically; and considers echo as medium using Marshall McLuhan’s tetrad.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Echo
By Pam Muñoz RyanRichly imagined and masterfully crafted, Echo pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation to create a wholly original novel that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.
-
The Stranger's Woes
By Max FreiA surprise was waiting for me downstairs. Even two surprises. Surprise number one was Tekki, who was standing behind the bar. She was here and not “at the movies,” where I had planned to pick her up (bodily, if necessary) and take her ...
-
The Stranger's Magic
By Max Frei... Master Who Snuffs Out Unnecessary Lives. 'Death in the Service of the King,' as you put it. Therefore I have no right to personal secrets. Such luxuries may come at too high a price for those who have no obligation to pay for me.
-
Echo (Free Preview Edition)
By Pam Muñoz RyanI. ATALI]{}|NIG-IN-PUBLICATIIIN IATA Ryan, Pam Muñoz, author. * Echo / by Pam Muñoz Ryan.-First edition, pages cm * Summary: Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, ...
-
Echo
By Kate MorgenrothNow Justin is hearing a voice that's making him relive the day of the accident over and over again. In this dark thriller, Edgar Award nominee Kate Morgenroth explores the thin line between reality and illusion inside a troubled young mind.
-
Shades of Gray
By Carolyn ReederIn the aftermath of the Civil War, recently orphaned Will must start a new life and overcome his prejudices.
-
Echo
By Francesca Lia BlockAcclaimed author Francesca Lia Block weaves pure magic into this deftly constructed tale殮e girl′s path to womanhood told in linked short stories.
-
Echo
By Francesca Lia BlockThrough shifting points of view, Francesca Lia Block weaves pure magic into this deftly constructed tale -- a novel told in the form of linked stories.
-
The Black Echo: A Novel
By Michael ConnellyAn LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure (New York Times Book Review).
-
Echo the Copycat
By Joan Holub, Suzanne WilliamsIn order to fit in at Mount Olympus Academy, new girl and forest-mountain nymph Echo copies the mannerisms of all the other students, but instead of ingratiating herself to her classmates, it only seems to grate on them.