Broadcasting Modernity

Rivero Yeidy M. Rivero

Description

The birth and development of commercial television in Cuba in the 1950s occurred alongside political and social turmoil. In this period of dramatic swings encompassing democracy, a coup, a dictatorship, and a revolution, television functioned as a beacon and promoter of Cuba's identity as a modern nation. In Broadcasting Modernity, television historian Yeidy M. Rivero shows how television owners, regulatory entities, critics, and the state produced Cuban modernity for television. The Cuban television industry enabled different institutions to convey the nation's progress, democracy, economic abundance, high culture, education, morality, and decency. After nationalizing Cuban television, the state used it to advance Fidel Castro's project of creating a modern socialist country. As Cuba changed, television changed with it. Rivero not only demonstrates television's importance to Cuban cultural identity formation, she explains how the medium functions in society during times of radical political and social transformation.

Sujets

• Television
• Cuba

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 19 avril 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822375685
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Broadcasting Modernity

Console-ing Passions

eeŝo àd Cûûà Powe

Eded y Ly Sge

BROADCASTING MODERNITY

Çûà Çôéçà ééŝô, 1950–1960

Yeidy M. Rivero

ûé Ûéŝ éŝŝ Dûà àd Lodo 2015

© 2015 Duke University Press Ā ŝ éŝéé é  é Ûé Śàéŝ ô Āéçà ô àç-éé àé ∞ éŝé  Ā û ûçàà éŝé  ô ô  Çôéé

à ô Çôéŝŝ Çààô--ûçàô àà éô, é . ôàçàŝ ôé: Çûà çôéçà ééŝô, 1950-1960 / é . éô. àéŝ ç—(Çôŝôé- àŝŝôŝ) çûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. isbn 978-0-8223-5859-6 (àçôé : à. àé) isbn 978-0-8223-5871-8 (. : à. àé) 1. ééŝô ôàçàŝ—Çûà—ŝô—20 çéû. 2. ééŝô à ŝàé—Çûà—ŝô—20 çéû. . é. . Śééŝ: Çôŝôé- àŝŝôŝ. he8700.9.c9r58 2015 38.55097291'0905—ç23 201036010 isbn 978-0-8223-7568-5 (é-ôô)

Çôé à: ûŝàô  Çôûé àé, àŝé ô

ô àéŝ: à ôôô ô ôçàô Ûó àô à

“É à ééŝó ŝé ô ŝôà,”Boeà, Jû 26, 1959 (ô

çôûéŝ ô é Çûà éàé Çôéçô, Ûéŝ ô

à àéŝ, Çôà Gàéŝ, ôà).

Duke University Press grateully acknowledges the University o Michigan, College o Literature, Science, and the Arts, and Oice o Research, which provided unds toward the publication o this book.

o Agûŝí Reo Qûeo àd o e wy àd gTedçôûíwo, o oe à wey yeàŝ, ŝed e

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Acknowledgments 

Introduction . ôàçàŝ ôé, Śéçàçéŝ, à ééŝô 1

éûéôéŚéçàçéŝ:Çôŝû à ôé ôàçàŝ Śŝé ôû é à, 1923–1950 23

Śéçàçéŝôôéŝŝ: éçôô, Éàŝô, à é à 5

Śéçàçéŝôéçéç: ôà àŝ à àé ô é ûŝ à é Śàé 75

Śéçàçéŝ ô éôçàç à à éûé ô é Śéçàçéŝ ô éôûô 102

Śéçàçéŝôéôûô: Ā é ô Çûàéŝŝ 129

ôôàçàŝôéô Çôŝûç ôé 163

Epilogue 176 Notes 181 Bibliography 221 Index 233

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

é éà ô ŝ ôjéç éà  ûéô çô, é  àŝ çôûç é- ŝéàç ô  ôôûg Oû Bàçkeŝŝ. û é éŝéàç ôçéŝŝ,  éàé  ûéôûŝ ôà à ôà çôéŝàôŝ  ŝééà éà ôéŝŝôàŝ ô à ôé  Çûà ééŝô éôé é Çûà éô- ûô ô 1959. Wé ŝé ô é ŝôéŝ à ô é àéçôéŝ ô ûéô çà ôûçéŝ ô éé àà  Çûà ééŝô,  éçàé çéà ô é à Çûà à àé à ôà ôé  é ééôé ô é éû  à Āéçà.  îŝ ôŝ ô àûé, é, ô ô éŝé àé Çûà à ûéô çà ôûçéŝ à çéàôŝ ô, ôû éà , ŝôé  é é ŝééŝ ô çûôŝ. Wé  ééŝ éà  ûéô çô,  àŝŝô ô é ôjéç é- éôé à é Ûéŝ ô à’ŝ Çûà éàé Çôéçô ( chc ).  àŝ à é chc à  à é éé ô éé à ô  ôé ô é ôŝ ôééàé Çûà ŝûéŝ ààŝ  é Ûé Śàéŝ: éŝà Ôà Vàôà. éŝà ôûçé é ô à é àé ô ŝôûçéŝ, àŝ ààŝ ô é ôôôû ô ôàô à çôû é  éŝéàç, à éé ŝçàé àéàŝ ô à  ŝçéûé ŝô  çôû àé à é ŝôûçéŝ  ééé ô  ààŝŝ. éŝà àŝô û é  çôàç  é ôô é . Āàçé Gàçíà Çààà, é éà àà à é ôéçà àçôà Jôŝè àí  ààà, Çûà.  à éŝé àéû ô éŝà’ŝ ôô ŝûô à éûŝàŝ ô ŝ ôjéç.  àŝô à ô à é chc ’ŝ é éçô, àíà Éŝôô ôô, à é àà, éôé èé, ô é à ô é àéŝ çûé  ŝ ôô. Ā  àŝ ôéŝ ô à ééŝ ô é chc ’ŝ éôûŝ à çûé éàŝ: Éŝéàà é Vàôà, Gàŝ Góé ôŝŝé, Zôé àçô-ôçà, Āé Śàŝôé-àíé, à ôŝà ôô-Āàé. é éûéŝŝ, ééŝŝ, à àçàeçoŝàé é éŝéàç à é chc à éjôàé éééçé.