«Croyez-moi, Mesdames, n’abusez pas du micro…». Per una storia delle voci femminili alla radio francese

Autore: Marine Beccarelli
In: Genesis. XIX / 2, 2020
doi:10.23744/3449
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Abstract

This paper begins to explore the history of women’s presence in the French radio between the 1920’s to the 1980’s, analyzing the place and the reception of female voices on the air. It considers the positions that were given to women speaking on the radio and asks whether their voices were modelled in a way that reflected the specific roles attributed to them in society. The study largely draws on newspapers articles and letters from listeners to examine what kind of comments were expressed about these voices and their materiality, contributing in this way to a reflection about the links between voices and gender in the history of radio broadcasting, and their impact on the public.