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Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean (Paperback)
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Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean (Paperback)
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
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Outside of music, the importance of sound and listening have been
greatly overlooked in Latin American history. Visual media has
dominated cultural studies, affording an incomplete record of the
modern era. This edited volume presents an original analysis of the
role of sound in Latin American and Caribbean societies, from the
late nineteenth century to the present. The contributors examine
the importance of sound in the purveyance of power, gender roles,
race, community, religion, and populism. They also demonstrate how
sound is essential to the formation of citizenship and nationalism.
Sonic media, and radio in particular, have become primary tools for
contesting political issues. In that vein, the contributors view
the control of radio transmission and those who manipulate its
content for political gain. Conversely, they show how, in
neoliberal climates, radio programs have exposed corruption and
provided a voice for activism. The essays address sonic production
in a variety of media: radio; Internet; digital recordings;
phonographs; speeches; carnival performances; fireworks festivals,
and the reinterpretation of sound in literature. They examine the
bodily experience of sound, and its importance to memory coding and
identity formation. This volume looks to sonic media as an
essential vehicle for transmitting ideologies, imagined
communities, and culture. As the contributors discern, modern
technology has made sound ubiquitous, and its study is therefore
crucial to understanding the flow of information and influence in
Latin America and globally.
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