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"""Marsilli-Vargas’s book is an exemplary ethnography, weaving together rich empirical materials with a deeply contextualised case-study to develop novel theoretical insights on a topic of central concern to Sound Studies. . . . Marsilli-Vargas develops important conceptual tools for a nuanced understanding of listening while making a significant contribution to fields such cultural history, Latin American Studies, and the anthropology of sound."" -- Chris Batterman Cháirez * Sound Studies *"

"""Marsilli-Vargas’s book is an exemplary ethnography, weaving together rich empirical materials with a deeply contextualised case-study to develop novel theoretical insights on a topic of central concern to Sound Studies. . . . Marsilli-Vargas develops important conceptual tools for a nuanced understanding of listening while making a significant contribution to fields such cultural history, Latin American Studies, and the anthropology of sound."" -- Chris Batterman Cháirez * Sound Studies * “Genres of Listening is a monumental addition to linguistic and anthropological understanding of listening that fulfills each of its promises.” -- Jeremy A. Rud * Linguistic Anthropology * “The book helps us to understand this culture as an urban phenomenon and to study it along with coexisting discourses and cultures of self-care that live beyond the capital of Argentina. . . . Genres of Listening will provide the readers with a deep understanding of the undergoing transformations in Argentina’s more intimate relationships.”   -- Kristin E. Yarris * Bulletin of Latin American Research * “Genres of Listening is a valuable study, a very important first step that will be useful for those who research and teach in postgraduate courses about the Argentine middle classes and their ways of thinking and acting.” -- Sergio E. Visacovsky * American Ethnologist *"

Marsilli-Vargas's book is an exemplary ethnography, weaving together rich empirical materials with a deeply contextualised case-study to develop novel theoretical insights on a topic of central concern to Sound Studies. . . . Marsilli-Vargas develops important conceptual tools for a nuanced understanding of listening while making a significant contribution to fields such cultural history, Latin American Studies, and the anthropology of sound. -- Chris Batterman Chairez * Sound Studies *

Marsilli-Vargas's book is an exemplary ethnography, weaving together rich empirical materials with a deeply contextualised case-study to develop novel theoretical insights on a topic of central concern to Sound Studies. . . . Marsilli-Vargas develops important conceptual tools for a nuanced understanding of listening while making a significant contribution to fields such cultural history, Latin American Studies, and the anthropology of sound. --Chris Batterman Chairez Sound Studies (12/28/2022 12:00:00 AM)

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Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University.

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