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 Argentina and Uruguay.

List 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.

About the author

Christine Ehrick is Associate Professor of History at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Summary

This book is a history of women's voices on the radio in two of South America's most important early radio markets. It explores what it meant to hear female voices on the radio and asks readers to consider gender in its aural and sonic dimensions.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Ehrick, Christine (University of Louisville Ehrick, Ehrick Christine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107079564
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07956-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Radio, Media Studies, Argentina, Uruguay, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Radio / Podcasts, Gender studies: women, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Gender studies: women and girls, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)