Radio Fields : Anthropology and Wireless Sound in the 21st Century / ed. by Lucas Bessire, Daniel Fisher.
Bessire, Lucas, contributor.; Bessire, Lucas, editor.; Blanton, Anderson, contributor.; Fisher, Daniel, contributor.; Fisher, Daniel, editor.; Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.; Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.; Hinkson, Melinda, contributor.; Juris, Jeffrey S., contributor.; Kaplan, Danny, contributor.; Kosnick, Kira, contributor.; Kunreuther, Laura, contributor.; Schulz, Dorothea, contributor.; Stephen, Lynn, contributor.; Tacchi, Jo, contributor.; Vidali-Spitulnik, Debra, contributor.
2012
GN12.8 .R34 2016
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Title
Radio Fields : Anthropology and Wireless Sound in the 21st Century / ed. by Lucas Bessire, Daniel Fisher.
ISBN
9780814769935
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814771679.001.0001 doi
Call Number
GN12.8 .R34 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.194
Summary
Radio is the most widespread electronic medium in the world today. As a form of technology that is both durable and relatively cheap, radio remains central to the everyday lives of billions of people around the globe. It is used as a call for prayer in Argentina and Appalachia, to organize political protest in Mexico and Libya, and for wartime communication in Iraq and Afghanistan. In urban centers it is played constantly in shopping malls, waiting rooms, and classrooms. Yet despite its omnipresence, it remains the media form least studied by anthropologists.Radio Fields employs ethnographic methods to reveal the diverse domains in which radio is imagined, deployed, and understood. Drawing on research from six continents, the volume demonstrates how the particular capacities and practices of radio provide singular insight into diverse social worlds, ranging from aboriginal Australia to urban Zambia. Together, the contributors address how radio creates distinct possibilities for rethinking such fundamental concepts as culture, communication, community, and collective agency.
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Added Author
Bessire, Lucas, contributor.
Bessire, Lucas, editor.
Blanton, Anderson, contributor.
Fisher, Daniel, contributor.
Fisher, Daniel, editor.
Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.
Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.
Hinkson, Melinda, contributor.
Juris, Jeffrey S., contributor.
Kaplan, Danny, contributor.
Kosnick, Kira, contributor.
Kunreuther, Laura, contributor.
Schulz, Dorothea, contributor.
Stephen, Lynn, contributor.
Tacchi, Jo, contributor.
Vidali-Spitulnik, Debra, contributor.
Bessire, Lucas, editor.
Blanton, Anderson, contributor.
Fisher, Daniel, contributor.
Fisher, Daniel, editor.
Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.
Ginsburg, Faye, contributor.
Hinkson, Melinda, contributor.
Juris, Jeffrey S., contributor.
Kaplan, Danny, contributor.
Kosnick, Kira, contributor.
Kunreuther, Laura, contributor.
Schulz, Dorothea, contributor.
Stephen, Lynn, contributor.
Tacchi, Jo, contributor.
Vidali-Spitulnik, Debra, contributor.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Aurality under Democracy
3. From the Studio to the Street
4. Editing the Nation
5. Reconsidering Muslim Authority
6. Community and Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca
7. The Cultural Politics of Radio
8. Frequencies of Transgression
9. "Foreign Voices"
10. "We Go Above"
11. Appalachian Radio Prayers
1.2 Radio in the (i)Home
13. "A House of Wires upon Wires"
Radio Fields
About the Contributors
index
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Aurality under Democracy
3. From the Studio to the Street
4. Editing the Nation
5. Reconsidering Muslim Authority
6. Community and Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca
7. The Cultural Politics of Radio
8. Frequencies of Transgression
9. "Foreign Voices"
10. "We Go Above"
11. Appalachian Radio Prayers
1.2 Radio in the (i)Home
13. "A House of Wires upon Wires"
Radio Fields
About the Contributors
index