Sounds of belonging : U.S. Spanish-language radio and public advocacy / Dolores Inés Casillas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casillas, Dolores Inés, author.

Series:

Critical cultural communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--United States.

Radio broadcasting.

Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Mass media and immigrants.

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects.

Radio broadcasting--Social aspects.

United States.

Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.

Hispanic Americans and mass media.

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media and immigrants--United States.

Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

xiv, 221 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2014]

Summary:

The last two decades have seen continued Latino population growth, and marked shifts in both communications and immigration policy. Since the 1990s, Spanish-language radio has dethroned English-language radio stations in major cities across the United States, taking over the number one spot in Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and New York City. Investigating the cultural and political history of U.S. Spanish-language broadcasts throughout the twentieth century, Sounds of Belonging reveals how these changes have helped Spanish-language radio secure its dominance in the major U.S. radio markets. Bringing together theories on the immigration experience with sound and radio studies, Dolores Ines Casillas documents how Latinos form listening relationships with Spanish-language radio programming. Using a vast array of sources, from print culture and industry journals to sound archives of radio programming, she reflects on institutional growth, the evolution of programming genres, and reception by the radio industry and listeners to map the trajectory of Spanish-language radio, from its grassroots origins to the current corporate-sponsored business it has become. Casillas focuses on Latinos' use of Spanish-language radio to help navigate their immigrant experiences with U.S. institutions, for example in broadcasting discussions about immigration policies while providing anonymity for a legally vulnerable listenership. Sounds of Belonging proposes that debates of citizenship are not always formal personal appeals but a collective experience heard loudly through broadcast radio. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acoustic allies : early Latin-themed and Spanish-language radio broadcasts, 1920s-1940s

Mixed signals : developing bilingual Chicano radio, 1960s-1980s

Sounds of surveillance : U.S. Spanish-language radio patrols La Migra

Pun intended : listening to gendered politics on morning radio shows

Desperately seeking dinero : calculating language and race within radio ratings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814770658

0814770657

9780814770245

081477024X

OCLC:

876883355

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