Transatlantic Radio Dramas : Antonio Callado and the BBC Latin American Service During World War II / Thomaz Daniel Mandur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomaz, Daniel Mandur, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio producers and directors--United States.

Radio producers and directors.

Radio broadcasting--United States.

Radio broadcasting.

BBC Latin American Service.

Callado, Antônio--Criticism and interpretation.

Callado, Antônio.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]

Summary:

The BBC Latin American Service was created in 1938, funded by the British Ministry of Information, to counter fascist propaganda broadcast to Latin America. Now considered one of the major Latin American novelists of the twentieth century, Brazilian writer Antônio Callado (1917-1997) got his start writing radio drama scripts for the BBC LAS during and after World War II. Largely forgotten until Daniel Mandur Thomaz collected them in a 2018 volume published in Brazil, these radio scripts were propaganda in their own right and were part of a concerted effort to win sympathy for Britain and the Allies in Latin America. They reveal how Callado's experiences during the war influenced his writing and had a critical impact on themes he would revisit consistently throughout his literary career. Transatlantic Radio Dramas analyzesthe scripts themselves, but also examines the institutions, material practices, and beliefs that allowed modernist transatlantic networks like the BBC LAS to flourish.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822990031

0822990032

OCLC:

1402233884