Title: Radio and the gendered soundscape : women and broadcasting in Argentina and Uruguay, 1930-1950 /
Authors: Ehrick, Christine, 1967-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Women in radio broadcasting Argentina Buenos Aires History.; Women in radio broadcasting Uruguay Montevideo History.; Women broadcasters Argentina Buenos Aires Biography.; Women broadcasters Uruguay Montevideo Biography.; Sex role Argentina Buenos Aires History.; Sex role Uruguay Montevideo History.; Mass media Political aspects Argentina Buenos Aires History.; Mass media Political aspects Uruguay Montevideo History.; Political culture Argentina Buenos Aires History.; Political culture Uruguay Montevideo History.; Mass media Political aspects; Political culture; Sex role; Women broadcasters; Women in radio broadcasting; Argentina Buenos Aires; Uruguay Montevideo
Abstract: "This book is a history of women, radio, and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. Through the stories of five women and one radio station, this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender, mass media, and political culture and expands our knowledge of these issues beyond the US and Western Europe. Included here is a study of the first all-women's radio station in the Western Hemisphere, an Argentine comedian known as 'Chaplin in Skirts', an author of titillating dramatic serials and, of course, Argentine First Lady 'Evita' Perón. Through the concept of the gendered soundscape, this study integrates sound studies and gender history in new ways, asking readers to consider both the female voice in history and the sonic dimensions of gender"--
Contents: Introduction: Gender in and on the air -- 1. Radio and the modern girl : Silvia Guerrico and Buenos Aires broadcasting -- 2. A station for women in Montevideo : Radio Femenina -- 3. Feminism and populism on the airwaves : Paulina Luisi and Eva Duarte de Perón -- 4. Chaplin in Skirts? : Niní Marshall -- 5. Nené Cascallar : airing clean and dirty longing -- Echoes of soundscapes past : epilogue and conclusion.