Sounds of Belonging

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<p><b>How Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Latino discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration.</b> <br><br><b>Winner, Book of the Year presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education<br><br>Honorable Mention for the 2015 Latino Studies Best Book presented by the Latin American Studies Association</b><br><br><br>The<br>last two decades have produced continued Latino population growth, and marked<br>shifts in both communications and immigration policy. Since the 1990s, Spanish-<br>language radio has dethroned English-language radio stations in major cities<br>across the United States, taking over the number one spot in Los Angeles,<br>Houston, Miami, and New York City. Investigating the cultural and political<br>history of U.S. Spanish-language broadcasts throughout the twentieth century, Sounds<br>of Belonging reveals how these changes have helped Spanish-language radio<br>secure its dominance in the major U.S. radio markets.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Bringing together theories on the immigration experience with<br>sound and radio studies, Dolores Inés Casillas documents<br>how Latinos form listening relationships with Spanish-language radio<br>programming. Using a vast array of sources, from print culture and industry<br>journals to sound archives of radio programming, she reflects on institutional<br>growth, the evolution of programming genres, and reception by the radio<br>industry and listeners to map the trajectory of Spanish-language radio, from<br>its grassroots origins to the current corporate-sponsored business it has<br>become. Casillas focuses on Latinos’ use of Spanish-language radio to help<br>navigate their immigrant experiences with U.S. institutions, for example in<br>broadcasting discussions about immigration policies while providing anonymity<br>for a legally vulnerable listenership. Sounds of Belonging proposes that<br>debates of citizenship are not always formal personal appeals but a collective<br>experience heard loudly through broadcast radio.</p>