Words at War
Autor Howard Blueen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 noi 2002
Simultaneously as they worked on the war effort, many radio writers and actors advanced a progressive agenda to fight the enemy within: racism, poverty, and other social ills. When the war ended, many of these people paid for their idealism by suffering blacklisting. Veterans' groups, the FBI, right-wing politicians, and other reactionaries mounted an assault on them to drive them out of their professions. This book discusses that partly successful effort and the response of the radio personalities involved.
This book discusses commercial drama series such as The Man Behind the Gun, network sustained shows such as those of Norman Corwin, and government-produced programs such as the Uncle Sam series. The book is largely based on the author's interviews with Norman Corwin, Arthur Miller, Pete Seeger, Arthur Laurents, Art Carney and dozens of others associated with radio during its Golden Age. It also discusses public reaction to these broadcasts and the issue of blacklisting.
Words at War weaves together materials from FBI files and materials from archives around the country, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the National Archives and a dozen university special collection libraries, to tell how the nation used a unique broadcast genre in a time of national crisis. Readers in the era of the current World Trade Center terrorism crisis will be particularly interested to read about censorship, scapegoating, and the government's role in disseminating propaganda and other issues that have once again
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810844131
ISBN-10: 0810844133
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 145 x 222 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Ediția:0440
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0810844133
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 145 x 222 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Ediția:0440
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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Cuprins
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 1 Introduction
Chapter 3 2 The Writers
Chapter 4 3 The Actors
Chapter 5 4 On the Eve of World War II: Expressing Antifascism through Allegory
Chapter 6 5 Corwin and the Office of Facts and Figures
Chapter 7 6 The Office of War Information and Other Government Agencies
Chapter 8 7 Private Agencies
Chapter 9 8 Sponsored Radio Dramas
Chapter 10 9 Presenting the U.S. Armed Forces
Chapter 11 10 The Enemy
Chapter 12 11 America's Allies: The British
Chapter 13 12 America's Allies: The Soviets
Chapter 14 13 The Home Front
Chapter 15 14 Fighting Intolerance
Chapter 16 15 Women
Chapter 17 16 The War against the Jews
Chapter 18 17 Looking toward the Postwar Era
Chapter 19 18 The War Ends
Chapter 20 19 The Postwar Era: A Change of Enemies
Chapter 21 20 Conclusion
Chapter 22 Collections Consulted
Chapter 23 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 24 Index
Chapter 25 About the Author
Chapter 2 1 Introduction
Chapter 3 2 The Writers
Chapter 4 3 The Actors
Chapter 5 4 On the Eve of World War II: Expressing Antifascism through Allegory
Chapter 6 5 Corwin and the Office of Facts and Figures
Chapter 7 6 The Office of War Information and Other Government Agencies
Chapter 8 7 Private Agencies
Chapter 9 8 Sponsored Radio Dramas
Chapter 10 9 Presenting the U.S. Armed Forces
Chapter 11 10 The Enemy
Chapter 12 11 America's Allies: The British
Chapter 13 12 America's Allies: The Soviets
Chapter 14 13 The Home Front
Chapter 15 14 Fighting Intolerance
Chapter 16 15 Women
Chapter 17 16 The War against the Jews
Chapter 18 17 Looking toward the Postwar Era
Chapter 19 18 The War Ends
Chapter 20 19 The Postwar Era: A Change of Enemies
Chapter 21 20 Conclusion
Chapter 22 Collections Consulted
Chapter 23 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 24 Index
Chapter 25 About the Author
Recenzii
Wonderful...without question, Mr. Blue's book illuminates every aspect of that Golden Age.
Fascinating...Recommended.
...reveals the previously unheralded role of the American Jewish Committee
Exceptional!
A nonfiction book with superb research...a fascinating and highly readable book about a major period in the history of both the nation and radio.
This may well be the best book on American radio ever written. Blue has captured the vividness of network radio in its
golden era, meeting the crises of war with intelligence as well as drama (and comedy); and the now forgotten national tragedy of Cold War era crackdown on the very creators of the best programs. Radio has never recovered, and now we know the reasons.
A Tour de force of research and writing...full of creative and complex characters...Howard Blue is to be congratulated on the writing and publication of his book. He has retrieved a valuable story and begun a long and complex academic investigation into the role of radio drama as propaganda and the value of audio drama texts in cultural studies.
Ultimately, it is a chilling statement about censorship and scapegoating, one that increases the reader's sense of incredulity over how the nation could have so rapidly descended to such an iniquitous level following a war whose very essence was grounded in a desire to protect freedom from tyranny. This is an important study, one that should be a required reading in programs in journalism.
[Blue] is at his impassioned best in describing the contents of wartime radio drama from the perspective of authors now in their nineties who remember their youthful wartime work with evident pleasure.
...Blue has done an admirable job of showing that Americans were bombarded daily with many perspectives, helping them to make sense of their world. His thought-provoking book indicates that much work remains to be done, especially for comparable studies on other media industries. Just as the wartime radio broadcasters dramatized serious subjects that appealed to wide audiences, Blue has done likewise. As a freelance writer and educator, he has written a book full of anecdotes to satisfy old-time radio enthusiasts but also has provided a valuable resource suitable for media scholars. One thing is clear: Words at War has proven that the drama away from the microphone was every bit as remarkable as the drama transmitted into American homes.
Anyone interested in the impact of American Communists and fellow travelers on mass media will find Words at War extremely rewarding. Howard Blue spotlights a medium largely neglected in the literature on the blacklist.
...a layered and intriguing work....this marvelous book...reminds us that the Second World War was as much a battle of ideas as of troops and weapons.
Howard Blue is to be congratulated on the writing and publication of his book. He has retrieved a valuable story and begun a long and complex academic investigation into the role of radio drama as propaganda and the value of audio drama texts in cultural studies.
Fascinating...Recommended.
...reveals the previously unheralded role of the American Jewish Committee
Exceptional!
A nonfiction book with superb research...a fascinating and highly readable book about a major period in the history of both the nation and radio.
This may well be the best book on American radio ever written. Blue has captured the vividness of network radio in its
golden era, meeting the crises of war with intelligence as well as drama (and comedy); and the now forgotten national tragedy of Cold War era crackdown on the very creators of the best programs. Radio has never recovered, and now we know the reasons.
A Tour de force of research and writing...full of creative and complex characters...Howard Blue is to be congratulated on the writing and publication of his book. He has retrieved a valuable story and begun a long and complex academic investigation into the role of radio drama as propaganda and the value of audio drama texts in cultural studies.
Ultimately, it is a chilling statement about censorship and scapegoating, one that increases the reader's sense of incredulity over how the nation could have so rapidly descended to such an iniquitous level following a war whose very essence was grounded in a desire to protect freedom from tyranny. This is an important study, one that should be a required reading in programs in journalism.
[Blue] is at his impassioned best in describing the contents of wartime radio drama from the perspective of authors now in their nineties who remember their youthful wartime work with evident pleasure.
...Blue has done an admirable job of showing that Americans were bombarded daily with many perspectives, helping them to make sense of their world. His thought-provoking book indicates that much work remains to be done, especially for comparable studies on other media industries. Just as the wartime radio broadcasters dramatized serious subjects that appealed to wide audiences, Blue has done likewise. As a freelance writer and educator, he has written a book full of anecdotes to satisfy old-time radio enthusiasts but also has provided a valuable resource suitable for media scholars. One thing is clear: Words at War has proven that the drama away from the microphone was every bit as remarkable as the drama transmitted into American homes.
Anyone interested in the impact of American Communists and fellow travelers on mass media will find Words at War extremely rewarding. Howard Blue spotlights a medium largely neglected in the literature on the blacklist.
...a layered and intriguing work....this marvelous book...reminds us that the Second World War was as much a battle of ideas as of troops and weapons.
Howard Blue is to be congratulated on the writing and publication of his book. He has retrieved a valuable story and begun a long and complex academic investigation into the role of radio drama as propaganda and the value of audio drama texts in cultural studies.