"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
