Lovell, J. The Panaural People’s Republic: Loudness, Loss of Self, and Sonic Social Control in Mao’s China (2023) Annali di Ca Foscari Serie Orientale, 59, pp. 43-70. DOI: 10.30687/ANNOR/2385-3042/2023/02/002 Abstract Perspectives on the establishment of social control have long been shaped by theories concerning visibility and observation, such as Foucault’s concept of the Panopticon. In …