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Radio and the gendered soundscape : women and broadcasting in Argentina and Uruguay, 1930-1950 /

"This book is a history of women, radio, and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. Through the stories of five women and one radio station, this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender, mass media, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehrick, Christine, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Women in radio broadcasting > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History.
Women in radio broadcasting > Uruguay > Montevideo > History.
Women broadcasters > Argentina > Buenos Aires > Biography.
Women broadcasters > Uruguay > Montevideo > Biography.
Sex role > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History.
Sex role > Uruguay > Montevideo > History.
Mass media > Political aspects > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History.
Mass media > Political aspects > Uruguay > Montevideo > History.
Political culture > Argentina > Buenos Aires > History.
Political culture > Uruguay > Montevideo > History.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Political culture.
Sex role.
Women broadcasters.
Women in radio broadcasting.
Argentina > Buenos Aires.
Uruguay > Montevideo.
Biography.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Gender in and on the air
  • 1. Radio and the modern girl : Silvia Guerrico and Buenos Aires broadcasting
  • 2. A station for women in Montevideo : Radio Femenina
  • 3. Feminism and populism on the airwaves : Paulina Luisi and Eva Duarte de Perón
  • 4. Chaplin in Skirts? : Niní Marshall
  • 5. Nené Cascallar : airing clean and dirty longing
  • Echoes of soundscapes past : epilogue and conclusion.