{"product_id":"broadcasting-modernity-yeidy-m-rivero-9780822358718","title":"Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television, 1950-1960","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eBroadcasting Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, television historian Yeidy M. Rivero shows how television owners, regulatory entities, critics, and the state produced Cuban modernity for television. The Cuban television industry enabled different institutions to convey the nation's progress, democracy, economic abundance, high culture, education, morality, and decency. After nationalizing Cuban television, the state used it to advance Fidel Castro's project of creating a modern socialist country. As Cuba changed, television changed with it. Rivero not only demonstrates television's importance to Cuban cultural identity formation, she explains how the medium functions in society during times of radical political and social transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yeidy M. Rivero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822358719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822358718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.83h x 6.47w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015","brand":"Yeidy M. Rivero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926539239679,"sku":"9780822358718","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72ad281d-ade2-466f-93e5-f848c4ff1ef1.jpg?v=1681083630","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broadcasting-modernity-yeidy-m-rivero-9780822358718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}