Radio and the Politics of Sound in Interwar France, 1921-1939

ISBN-13: 9781107519619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 310 str.

Rebecca P. Scales

Opis

Explores how radio broadcasting and the emerging audio culture transformed the dynamics of French politics during the tumultuous interwar decades.

Recenzje

'… a stellar example of the historian's craft, and a fascinating journey into the auditory and political culture of interwar France.' Jessica Wardhaugh, French Politics, Culture & Society

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Radio broadcasting and the soundscape of interwar life; 2. Disabled veterans, radio citizenship, and the politics of national recovery; 3. Cosmopolitanism and cacophony: static, signals, and the making of a 'radio nation'; 4. Learning by ear: popular front politics, school radio, and the pedagogy of listening; 5. Dangerous airwaves: propaganda, surveillance, and the politics of listening in French Colonial Algeria; Conclusion: Paris-Mondial: globalizing the voice of France; Bibliography; Index.