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Communities Of The Air: Radio Century, Radio Culture,New
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A Pioneering Analysis Of Radio As Both A Cultural And Material Production, Communities Of The Air Explores Radios Powerful Role In Shaping Angloamerican Culture And Society Since The Early Twentieth Century. Scholars And Radio Writers, Producers, And Critics Look At The Many Ways Radio Generates Multiple Communities Over The Airfrom Elite To Popular, Dominant To Resistant, Canonical To Transgressive. The Contributors Approach Radio Not Only In Its Own Right, But Also As A Set Of Practicesboth Technological And Socialilluminating Broader Issues Such As Race Relations, Gender Politics, And The Construction Of Regional And National Identities.Drawing On The Perspectives Of Literary And Cultural Studies, Science Studies And Feminist Theory, Radio History, And The New Field Of Radio Studies, These Essays Consider The Development Of Radio As Technology: How It Was Modeled On The Telephone, Early Conflicts Between Forprofit And Public Uses Of Radio, And Amateur Radio (Hams), Local Programming, And Lowpower Radio. Some Pieces Discuss How Radio Gives Voice To Different Cultural Groups, Focusing On The Bbc And Poetry Programming In The West Indies, Black Radio, The History Of Alternative Radio Since The 1970S, And Science And Contemporary Arts Programming. Others Look At Radios Influence On Gender (And Genders Influence On Radio) Through Examinations Of Queen Elizabeths Broadcasts, Gracie Allens Comedy, And Programming Geared Toward Women. Together The Contributors Demonstrate How Attention To The Variety Of Ways Radio Is Used And Understood Reveals The Dynamic Emergence And Transformation Of Communities Within The Larger Society.Contributors. Laurence A. Breiner, Bruce B. Campbell, Mary Desjardins, Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Nina Hunteman, Leah Lowe, Adrienne Munich, Kathleen Newman, Martin Spinelli, Susan Merrill Squier, Donald Ulin, Mark Williams, Steve Wurzler
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