Transatlantic Radio Dramas - Antonio Callado and the BBC Latin American Service During World War II

Fills the Gaps of an Important Modernist Brazilian Writer's Early Career and Illuminates Recurring Themes of His Later Works

About the author

Daniel Mandur Thomaz is lecturer in Lusophone studies and global cultures in the departments of Liberal Arts and Languages and Literatures and Cultures at King's College London, and a fellow of King's Brazil Institute. He is the editor of Antônio Callado: Roteiros de radioteatro durante e depois da Segunda Grande Guerra, a volume of Callado's rediscovered radio drama scripts.

Summary

The BBC Latin American Service was created in 1938, funded by the British Ministry of Information, to counter fascist propaganda broadcast to Latin America.

Product details

• Authors: Thomaz Daniel Mandur
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2023
• EAN: 9780822947882
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4788-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 159 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 512 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous