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Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920–1946
Matthew B. Karush
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Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to appeal to consumers seduced by North American modernity. At the same time, the transnational marketplace encouraged these producers to compete by marketing "authentic" Argentine culture. Domestic filmmakers, radio and recording entrepreneurs, lyricists, musicians, actors, and screenwriters borrowed heavily from a rich tradition of popular melodrama. Although the resulting mass culture trafficked in conformism and consumerist titillation, it ... Read more
In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to appeal to consumers seduced by North American modernity. At the same time, the transnational marketplace encouraged these producers to compete by marketing "authentic" Argentine culture. Domestic filmmakers, radio and recording entrepreneurs, lyricists, musicians, actors, and screenwriters borrowed heavily from a rich tradition of popular melodrama. Although the resulting mass culture trafficked in conformism and consumerist titillation, it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822352433
SKU
V9780822352433
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About Matthew B. Karush
Matthew B. Karush is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. He is the author of Workers or Citizens: Democracy and Identity in Rosario, Argentina (1912–1930) and a co-editor of The New Cultural History of Peronism: Power and Identity in Mid-Twentieth-Century Argentina, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920–1946
“Karush’s book is a key contribution to the analysis of the deep connections between mass culture and politics in the contexts of Latin American ‘alternative modernity’ at large. To Argentine historiography, it adds a refreshing culturalist view of long-running discussions about the origins of Peronism and, more prominently, it helps expand decisively our knowledge of the heterogeneous popular classes through ... Read more