Raised on Radio

in Quest of the Lone Ranger ...
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-520-22303-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years, takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio exploited or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen. Raised on Radio is a generous, instructive, and sinfully readable salute to an extraordinary American phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nachman, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Radio
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE  Background Music

INTRODUCTION  Bedtime Stories
1  Radio-Free America

2  Vaudio

3  The Anticomedian
4  Nesting Instincts

5  Treadmill to Posterity

6  Wise Guys Finish First

7  Jokes, Inc.

8  For Your Listening and Dancing Pleasure

9  The Children's Hour  181
10  Saddle Sore

11  Valued Families

12  No WASPs Need Apply

13  We'll Be Back Right after These Words

14  A Voice of Another Color

15  Radio Noir—Cops and Grave Robbers

16  Minds over Matter

17  Just Folks

18  The Soap Factory

19  The Royal Family

20  Meet the Press

21  Best Seats in the House

22  Crunch, Creak, Crash, Whoosh, Wham, and Whoo-oooo
23  The Unseen Audience

24  We're a Little Late, Folks, So Good Night

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTERVIEWS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

PHOTO CREDITS

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald Nachman has for thirty-eight years covered theater, movies, cabaret, and television for newspapers and magazines across the country. The author of three previous books, he lives in San Francisco.