Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television, 1950-1960

by Yeidy M Rivero and Yeidy M. Rivero

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082235859X
• ISBN13: 9780822358596
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.1"