A brief history of whistling
John Lucas, Allan Chatburn
Bok Engelsk 2013
| Utgitt | Nottingham : Five leaves publications , 2013
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| Omfang | 164 s. : ill. (1 kol.), port.
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| Opplysninger | Har bibliografi. - Innhold: The Mechanics of whistling ; Whistle while you work ; Whistling as self-expression ; Whistlng as communication ; Whistling as protest and resistance ; Whistling as entertainment. - "Whistling has been used for communication, including secret communication, work, entertainment and self-expression. This book is inspired by the comment "You never hear anyone whistling nowadays". True, but only in part, as whistling appears regularly in TV advertisements and even in rap songs. A Brief History of Whistling is – astonishingly – the first popular work to look at whistling in all its forms, exploring folk traditions, music hall, film, the "whistling villages" and tribes in other countries, the varieties of whistling. The book attempts to answer the question "how do you whistle?", which is more complicated than simply the instruction – as Lauren Bacall said to Humphrey Bogart – "just put your lips together and blow". Yes, whistling can also be to do with sex, and it has also appeared in literature from Homer to DH Lawrence, and even provided a running storyline in Star Trek." (forlagsomtale)
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| ISBN | 978-1-907869-88-4 : 161,00
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