Listening in : Radio and the American Imagination
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0816644233
ISBN-13
9780816644230
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 25th, 2004
Print length
432 Pages
Weight
534 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
RadioRadio / podcastsPopular cultureMedia studiesPopular cultureMedia studies
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But Listening In is more than a history. It is also a reconsideration of what listening to radio has done to American culture in the twentieth century and how it has brought a completely new auditory dimension to our lives.
The powerful effect of radio on American culture from Big Band music to Top 40 to conservative talk radio-now back in print!
Few inventions evoke such nostalgia, such deeply personal and vivid memories as radio-from Amos ’n’ Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern. Listening In is the first in-depth history of how radio culture and content have kneaded and expanded the American psyche.
But Listening In is more than a history. It is also a reconsideration of what listening to radio has done to American culture in the twentieth century and how it has brought a completely new auditory dimension to our lives. Susan Douglas explores how listening has altered our day-to-day experiences and our own generational identities, cultivating different modes of listening in different eras; how radio has shaped our views of race, gender roles, ethnic barriers, family dynamics, leadership, and the generation gap. With her trademark wit, Douglas has created an eminently readable cultural history of radio.Get Listening in by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of Minnesota Press and it has pages.
