ABSTRACT Four recently published books examine sound in social contexts, including brass bands on the streets of New Orleans, Hawaiian steel guitar, the genre of Noise and its social circulation, and Aboriginal radio production in northern Australia. The authors present the material and metaphoric power of sound in social contexts through thoughtful and thorough historical research and long-term ethnographic study. The influential thinking of John Blacking, Steven Feld, and others is expanded and critiqued in new contexts. Three of the authors are editors or contributors to a recent publication on keywords related to sound in anthropology and ethnomusicology.

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重要性和隐喻：循环中的声音

摘要最近出版的四本书探讨了社会环境中的声音，包括新奥尔良街头的铜管乐队，夏威夷钢吉他，噪声类型及其社会传播以及澳大利亚北部的原住民广播节目。作者通过深思熟虑，透彻的历史研究和长期的民族志研究，提出了社会语境中声音的物质和隐喻力量。在新的环境中，对约翰·布莱金（John Blacking），史蒂文·费尔德（Steven Feld）等人的影响力思想得到了扩展和批评。其中三位作者是最近出版的与人类学和民族音乐学相关的关键词的编辑或撰稿人。