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Examines radio's central place in the history of twentieth-century critical theory. This title considers how the radio came to matter, especially politically, to phenomenology, existentialism, Hegelian Marxism, anticolonialism, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies. It offers a fresh perspective on the role this technology plays today.

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"It is Radio’s capacity to encourage the reader to attend to these kinds of issues that makes it such a pleasure to listen with Mowitt." * Parallax *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Object of Radio Studies 1. Facing the Radio 2. On the Air 3. Stations of Exception 4. Phoning In Analysis 5. Birmingham Calling 6. "We Are the Word"? Notes Works Cited Index

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 7 December 2011
      ISBN-13 9780520270503
      978-0520270503
      ISBN-10 0520270509
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines radio's central place in the history of twentieth-century critical theory. This title considers how the radio came to matter, especially politically, to phenomenology, existentialism, Hegelian Marxism, anticolonialism, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies. It offers a fresh perspective on the role this technology plays today.

      Trade Review
      "It is Radio’s capacity to encourage the reader to attend to these kinds of issues that makes it such a pleasure to listen with Mowitt." * Parallax *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: The Object of Radio Studies 1. Facing the Radio 2. On the Air 3. Stations of Exception 4. Phoning In Analysis 5. Birmingham Calling 6. "We Are the Word"? Notes Works Cited Index

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