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"This is Jerusalem calling" : state radio in mandate Palestine /

This history of the long-overlooked Palestine Broadcasting Service (1936-1948) examines the role of government-sponsored radio in shaping Arab political and social life in the wake of British colonialism.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanton, Andrea L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : tuning in to Palestine's radio history
  • Selling radio, selling radios : advertising sets in mandate Palestine
  • Peasants into Palestinians : rural and school broadcasting
  • Broadcasting a nationalist modernity : the PBS Arabic section
  • Putting religion on the radio
  • Claiming the PBS : whose national radio?
  • Conclusion : the multiple afterlives of the PBS.