Culture of Class : Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-1946 / Matthew B. Karush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karush, Matthew B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 also disseminated versions of national identity that celebrated the virtue and dignity of the poor, while denigrating the wealthy as greedy and mean-spirited.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Class Formation in the Barrios

2 Competing in the Transnational Marketplace

3 Repackaging Popular Melodrama

4 Mass-Cultural Nation Building

5 Politicizing Populism

Epilogue The Rise of the Middle Class, 1955-1976

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

CC BY

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781478091592

1478091592

OCLC:

1256592853