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Isles of Noise: Sonic Media in the Caribbean
Alejandra Bronfman
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paperback. In this media history of the Caribbean, Alejandra Bronfman traces how technology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was "wired" earlier and more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Attending to everyday life, infrastructure, and sounded histories, Bronfman does not allow the notion of empire to stand solely for domination. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; APW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
In this media history of the Caribbean, Alejandra Bronfman traces howtechnology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was “wired” earlierand more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Haiti, Cuba,and Jamaica acquired radio and broadcasting in the early stages of theglobal expansion of telecommunications technologies. Imperial historieshelped forge these material connections through which the United States,Great Britain, and the islands created a virtual laboratory for experiments inaudiopolitics and listening practices.
As radio became an established medium worldwide, it burgeoned in theCaribbean because the region was a hub for intense foreign and domesticcommercial and military activities. Attending ... Read more
In this media history of the Caribbean, Alejandra Bronfman traces howtechnology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was “wired” earlierand more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Haiti, Cuba,and Jamaica acquired radio and broadcasting in the early stages of theglobal expansion of telecommunications technologies. Imperial historieshelped forge these material connections through which the United States,Great Britain, and the islands created a virtual laboratory for experiments inaudiopolitics and listening practices.
As radio became an established medium worldwide, it burgeoned in theCaribbean because the region was a hub for intense foreign and domesticcommercial and military activities. Attending ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469628691
SKU
V9781469628691
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About Alejandra Bronfman
Alejandra Bronfman is associate professor of history at the University of BritishColumbia and the author of Measures of Equality: Social Science, Citizenship, and Racein Cuba, 1902–1940.
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