My favourite quote in this week’s readings is from “From the Noble Savage to the Third World.” Dorfmann and Mattelart write: “There are two forms of killing: by machine guns and saccharine.” The United States was not only a military … Continue reading →
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The ever-changing landscape of governments and politics is nothing new. Those holding power, those seeking power, and those trying to establish their own version of a government are ever-changing. Within the early colonies, and later countries of Latin America, this is no different. In throwing in the element of media to the mixture, things become… Continue reading Media and Politics →
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This week, we learned about populism, politics, and how the introduction of media influenced Latin America. The reading this week was very interesting to me. It mainly focused on a more relatable era, with the use of radio and communication, which definitely appealed to me. It also covered a new political group which I had […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with Evita, media, Music, Peronism, politics, Populist, radio
This week, we learned about populism, politics, and how the introduction of media influenced Latin America. The reading this week was very interesting to me. It mainly focused on a more relatable era, with the use of radio and communication, which definitely appealed to me. It also covered a new political group which I had […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with Evita, media, Music, Peronism, politics, Populist, radio
I was super interested by how Dawson views the American intervention in Latin American as not fully a military one, but an often welcomed cultural component. I personally remember watching El Gaucho Goofy and really thinking it was funny because it certainly did reinforce the stereotypes that already are present in many porteños’ (people born […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with consumerism, cultural imperialism, Disney, media
I was super interested by how Dawson views the American intervention in Latin American as not fully a military one, but an often welcomed cultural component. I personally remember watching El Gaucho Goofy and really thinking it was funny because it certainly did reinforce the stereotypes that already are present in many porteños’ (people born […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with consumerism, cultural imperialism, Disney, media
The twentieth century brought a new international culture, a new dynamic to which Latin American nations and peoples would have to adjust to and engage in. In the stead of traditional European domination, a new ‘exchange’ emerged with the United States of America – one that would be contrasted with the old imperialist European hegemony. The USA described itself as anti-imperial, and insisted on a new kind of relationship with the ‘outside world’ for Latin America. However, as we have seen this week, this professed divergence between European and USA…read more
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with 20th century, continuity, empire, foreign affairs, globalization, international relations, legitimacy, media, modernity, Nation state, Nationalism, sovereignty, USA
