The Voice of the Mountains - Radio And Anthropology

Using tape recordings, videos, and the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Raymond Williams, this work examines the uses of radio for development, the impact on oral culture, and the use of radio by indigenous people in Ecuador and miners in Bolivia. Few anthropologists have studied radio, and The Voice of the Mountains is a unique and important text due to its approach to the field of "radio."

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Acknowledgements
Part 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 1. Radio and Development
Chapter 5 2. Oral Culture or Social Organization
Chapter 6 3. The Mouth of the Wolf
Chapter 7 4. Radio Voices and Knowable Communities
Chapter 8 5. Beyond the Local
Part 9 Appendices
Chapter 10 Appendix A: Radio Latacunga
Chapter 11 Appendix B: Aymaras and Christians
Part 12 Bibliography
Part 13 Index
Part 14 About the Author

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alan O'Connor

Zusammenfassung

Using tape recordings, videos, and the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Raymond Williams, this work examines the uses of radio for development, the impact on oral culture, and the use of radio by indigenous people in Ecuador and miners in Bolivia. It offers a different approach to the field of radio.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alan Connor, O&apos, Alan O'Connor, O'Connor Alan
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.07.2006
• EAN: 9780761835370
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3537-0
• Seiten: 70
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 222 mm x 6 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology