[ANPPOM-Lista] Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

[Carlos Palombini]

Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bronfman, Alejandra and Wood, Andrew Grant (eds)
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012

Outside of music, the importance of sound and listening have been greatly
overlooked in Latin American history. Visual media has dominated cultural
studies, affording an incomplete record of the modern era. This edited
volume presents an original analysis of the role of sound in Latin American
and Caribbean societies, from the late nineteenth century to the present.
The contributors examine the importance of sound in the purveyance of
power, gender roles, race, community, religion, and populism. They also
demonstrate how sound is essential to the formation of citizenship and
nationalism. Sonic media, and radio in particular, have become primary
tools for contesting political issues. In that vein, the contributors view
the control of radio transmission and those who manipulate its content for
political gain. Conversely, they show how, in neoliberal climates, radio
programs have exposed corruption and provided a voice for activism. The
chapters address sonic production in a variety of media: radio, Internet,
digital recordings, phonographs, speeches, carnival performances, fireworks
festivals, and the reinterpretation of sound in literature. They examine
the embodied experience of listening and its importance to memory coding
and identity formation. This collection looks to sonic media as an
essential vehicle for transmitting ideologies, imagined communities, and
culture. As the contributors discern, sound is ubiquitous, and its study is
therefore crucial to understanding the flow of information and influence in
Latin America and globally.

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carlos palombini
www.researcherid.com/rid/F-7345-2011
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