Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-Language Radio and Public Advocacy

Contents

Acknowledgments ix

A Note on Language xiii

Introduction: Public Advocacy on U.S. Spanish-Language 1 Radio

1. Acoustic Allies: Early Latin-Themed and Spanish-Language 21 Radio Broadcasts, 1920s-1940s

2. Mixed Signals: Developing Bilingual Chicano Radio, 51 1960s-1980s

3. Sounds of Surveillance: U.S. Spanish-Language Radio Patrols 83 La Migra

4. Pun Intended: Listening to Gendered Politics on Morning 101 Radio Shows

5. Desperately Seeking Dinero: Calculating Language and Race 127 within Radio Ratings

Afterword 147

Notes 153

Bibliography 183

Index 207

About the Author 221