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Book SynopsisUsing tape recordings, videos, and the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Raymond Williams, this work examines the uses of radio for development, the impact on oral culture, and the use of radio by indigenous people in Ecuador and miners in Bolivia. Few anthropologists have studied radio, and The Voice of the Mountains is unique in its approach to the field. Alan O''Connor is not committed to a single research methodethnographybut to a question about the relationship between radio and political struggles. This work questions what is the field when studying radio broadcasting? The answer involves challenging the rules of ethnography and asking what does it mean to follow radios?
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1. Radio and Development Chapter 5 2. Oral Culture or Social Organization Chapter 6 3. The Mouth of the Wolf Chapter 7 4. Radio Voices and Knowable Communities Chapter 8 5. Beyond the Local Part 9 Appendices Chapter 10 Appendix A: Radio Latacunga Chapter 11 Appendix B: Aymaras and Christians Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 Index Part 14 About the Author
