Amazon Town TV - An Audience Ethnography in Gurupa, Brazil

Informationen zum Autor By Richard Pace and Brian P. Hinote Klappentext In 1983, anthropologist Richard Pace began his fieldwork in the Amazonian community of Gurupá one year after the first few television sets arrived. On a nightly basis, as the community's electricity was turned on, he observed crowds of people lining up outside open windows or doors of the few homes possessing TV sets, intent on catching a glimpse of this fascinating novelty. Stoic, mute, and completely absorbed, they stood for hours contemplating every message and image presented. So begins the cultural turning point that is the basis of Amazon Town TV, a rich analysis of Gurupá in the decades during and following the spread of television.Pace worked with sociologist Brian Hinote to explore the sociocultural implications of television's introduction in this community long isolated by geographic and communication barriers. They explore how viewers change their daily routines to watch the medium; how viewers accept, miss, ignore, negotiate, and resist media messages; and how television's influence works within the local cultural context to modify social identities, consumption patterns, and worldviews. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1. Cross-Cultural Television StudiesChapter 2. Brazilian TelevisionChapter 3. The SettingChapter 4. The Arrival of TelevisionChapter 5. Heeding InterpellationChapter 6. Missing, Ignoring, and Resisting InterpellationChapter 7. ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Brian P. Hinote, Richard Pace, Richard Hinote Pace
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780292762046
• ISBN: 978-0-292-76204-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous