Radio and the Gendered Soundscape: Women and Broadcasting in Argentina and Uruguay, 1930-1950
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107438829 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 246 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Included here is a study of the first all-women's radio station in the Western Hemisphere, an Argentine comedian known as "Chaplin in Skirts," an author of titillating dramatic serials and, of course, Argentine First Lady "Evita" Perón. and Western Europe. Through the stories of five women and one radio station, this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender, mass media, and political culture and expands our knowledge of these issues beyond the U.S. Through the concept of the gendered soundscape, this study integrates sound studies and gender history in new ways, asking readers to consider both the female voice in history and the sonic dimensions of gender.. This book is a history of women, radio, and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay
"Very readable" according to Helen Petroff. An entertaining and well written survey of a rather exotic (for me) topic. The portraits of the women that dr. Ehrick profiles are vivid and compelling. after finishing the book I actually did feel able to imagine the sounds and impressions of various female voices in the temporally and geographically remote location of buenos aires/Montevideo in the 19Very readable An entertaining and well written survey of a rather exotic (for me) topic. The portraits of the women that dr. Ehrick profiles are vivid and compelling. after finishing the book I actually did feel able to imagine the sounds and impressions of various female voices in the temporally and geographically remote location of buenos aires/Montevideo in the 1930s/Very readable Helen Petroff An entertaining and well written survey of a rather exotic (for me) topic. The portraits of the women that dr. Ehrick profiles are vivid and compelling. after finishing the book I actually did feel able to imagine the sounds and impressions of various female voices in the temporally and geographically remote location of buenos aires/Montevideo in the 1930s/40s.. 0s.. 0s/Very readable Helen Petroff An entertaining and well written survey of a rather exotic (for me) topic. The portraits of the women that dr. Ehrick profiles are vivid and compelling. after finishing the book I actually did feel able to imagine the sounds and impressions of various female voices in the temporally and geographically remote location of buenos aires/Montevideo in the 1930s/40s.. 0s.
Christine Ehrick is Associate Professor of History at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.
Precisely crafted, at once witty and profound, this is a superb invocation of a sonorous past." Alejandra Bronfman, University of British Columbia"By opening up the cultural history of Latin American radio to English-speaking readers, Christine Ehrick has made an enormous contribution to scholarship in itself; when combined with her nuanced and detailed focus on women's voices and the way that gender operates on the airwaves, she has produced a work that will resound across many fields. Most impressively, by attending consistently to women's voices - and not just their words - Ehrick has set a methodological example that other historians of the media would do well to follow." Matt Karush, George Mason University, Virginia"Ehrick's print archive is impressive, and it allows her to reconstruct not just a remarkably detailed history of female broadcasters and scriptwriters, but also a complex portrait of radio's transnational politics Ehrick's book is not only a