Culture of Class

In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to a...

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description In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to appeal to consumers seduced by North American modernity. At the same time, the transnational marketplace encouraged these producers to compete by marketing "authentic" Argentine culture. Domestic filmmakers, radio and recording entrepreneurs, lyricists, musicians, actors, and screenwriters borrowed heavily from a rich tradition of popular melodrama. Although the resulting mass culture trafficked in conformism and consumerist titillation, it also disseminated versions of national identity that celebrated the virtue and dignity of the poor, while denigrating the wealthy as greedy and mean-spirited.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-268772025-07-30T07:13:39Z Culture of Class Karush, Matthew B. History Argentina Buenos Aires Juan Perón Media culture Melodrama Peronism Working class In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to appeal to consumers seduced by North American modernity. At the same time, the transnational marketplace encouraged these producers to compete by marketing "authentic" Argentine culture. Domestic filmmakers, radio and recording entrepreneurs, lyricists, musicians, actors, and screenwriters borrowed heavily from a rich tradition of popular melodrama. Although the resulting mass culture trafficked in conformism and consumerist titillation, it also disseminated versions of national identity that celebrated the virtue and dignity of the poor, while denigrating the wealthy as greedy and mean-spirited. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-10 03:00:32 2020-04-01T12:50:05Z 2012-04-26 book 648152 OCN: 793202311 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30265 9780822395331 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26877 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30265/1/648152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30265/1/648152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30265/1/648152.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30265/1/648152.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822395331 10.1215/9780822395331 8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822395331 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Durham, NC 100983 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection open access
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Juan Perón
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Peronism
Working class
Karush, Matthew B.
Culture of Class
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Juan Perón
Media culture
Melodrama
Peronism
Working class
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Buenos Aires
Juan Perón
Media culture
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Peronism
Working class
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