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Powerful frequencies : radio, state power, and the cold war in Angola, 1931-2002 / Marissa J. Moorman.
Lippincott Library HE8697.85.A5 M66 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moorman, Marissa Jean, author.
- Series:
- New African histories series
- New African histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio in politics--Angola--History--20th century.
- Radio in politics.
- Colonists--Angola.
- Colonists.
- National liberation movements--Angola.
- National liberation movements.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Angola--History--20th century.
- Angola.
- Angola--Politics and government--20th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Radio technology and broadcasting played a central role in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, Angola. Moorman details how settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and the postcolonial state all used radio to project power, while the latter employed it to challenge empire"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Sonic Colony: Whiteness, Fast Cars, and Modernity, 1931-74
- Guerrilla Broadcasters and the Unnerved Colonial State in Angola, 1961-74
- Electronic Warfare: Radio and Counterinsurgency, 1961-74
- Nationalizing Radio: Socialism and Sound at Radio Nacional de Angola, 1974-92
- "Angola: The Firm Trench of the Revolution in Africa!": Our Anti-Imperialism, Your Cold War, 1975-92
- Radio Vorgan: A Rebel Voice from Jamba, 1985-97
- Epilogue. Jamming
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821423691
- 082142369X
- 9780821423707
- 0821423703
- OCLC:
- 1054003841
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