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The book review discusses Sarah Mayberry Scott's monograph, "Listening Deafly and the Rhetoric of Sound," which explores the intersection of Sound Studies and Deaf Studies. The author examines the themes of voice, silence, and listening in three Hollywood films: "A Quiet Place," "Sound of Metal," and "CODA." The review highlights the author's use of the rhetorical methodology of "listening Deafly" to challenge audist ideas about sound and promote multi-modal engagements with communication and sensory perception. The book aims to raise awareness of Deaf communal and linguistic heritage and encourages readers to consider diverse perspectives on sound. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Here I'm Alive: The Spirit of Music in Psychoanalysis" by Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin explores the role of music in psychoanalysis and its potential to enhance our understanding of what it means to be alive. The authors argue that music can help individuals reconnect with their passions and experiences, counteracting the sensory isolation and personal isolation of contemporary life. They also examine the relationship between music and psychoanalytic thinking, suggesting that psychoanalysis can interrupt the overwhelming stimulation of modern life and address dissociation. The book draws on a range of thinkers and disciplines, including psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, and musicology, to present a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the subject. The authors emphasize the importance of the body and rhythm in our organized being and explore themes such as vulnerability, identification, and the weaving of self and other. They also discuss the impact of culture on our perception and argue for the revitalization of psychoanalytic theory. The book concludes with a reflection on the significance of silence and the need for silent communion in a world characterized by overstimulation and social dismemberment. Overall, "Here I'm Alive" offers a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between music, psychoanalysis, and the challenges of contemporary life. [Extracted from the article]

[...] Like their counterparts in other American and European cities, Boston's early national elite was more averse than previous generations to the sights, sounds, and smells of their city streets. Justin T. Clark's I City of Second Sight: Nineteenth-Century Boston and the Making of American Visual Culture i provides the reader with an evocative explanation of the multiple different ways in which visual culture evolved in antebellum Boston, taking into account the impact of factors such as race, class, gender and religion on this process of development. City of second sight: nineteenth-century Boston and the making of American visual culture: by Justin T. Clark, Chapel Hill, USA, University of North Carolina Press, 2018, 280 pp., £31.50 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-4696-3873-7. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'The Book of Floating: Exploring the Private Sea,' by Michael Hutchison.

Reviews the book 'Sensory Isolation and Personality Change,' edited by Mark Kammerman.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Plains Songs," by Larsen Bowker. It explores the sense of vacancy captured by the poet in the landscapes and the subjectivity of humans to the environment. The sense of vastness and isolation was achieved by the author and the difficult features in the construction of emptiness of landscape concrete is also accomplished in the poem.

The article reviews the book "Sensory Deprivation: Fifteen Years of Research," edited by John P. Zubek.

The article reviews the book "Sensory Restriction. Effects on Behaviour," by Duane P. Schultz.

The article reviews the book " The Psychodynamic Implications of Physiological Studies on Sensory Deprivation," edited by L. Madow and L. H. Snow .