Media, sound, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean /
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| Imprint: | Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2012. |
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| Description: | xvi, 169 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pitt Latin American series Pitt Latin American series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10142163 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Media, Sound, and Culture
- Part I. Embodied Sounds and the Sounds of Memory
- 1. Recovering Voices: The Popular Music Ear in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Brazil
- 2. Radio Transvestism and the Gendered SoundScape in Buenos Aires, 1930S-1940S
- Part. The Media of Politics
- 3. How to Do Things with Waves: United States Radio and Latin America in the Times of the Good Neighbor
- 4. Weapons of the Geek: Romantic Narratives, Sonic Technologies, and Tinkerers in 1930s Santiago, Cuba
- 5. Music, Media Spectacle, and the Idea of Democracy: The Case of DJ Kermit's "Gober"
- Part III. The Sonics of Public Spaces
- 6. Alba: Musical Temporality in the Carnival of Oruro, Bolivia
- 7. Such a Noise! Fireworks and the Soundscapes of Two Veracruz Festival
- Postscript Sound Representation: Nation, Translation, Memory
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
