ABSTRACT

Between the end of World War II and the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, college radio women secured a tenuous credibility within the postwar educational landscape. Educators claimed civic discourse could advance democracy at home and abroad by training student broadcasters and audiences to resist crass commercialism and political subversion. Dismissed as future housewives peripheral to a white male-defined public sphere, female broadcasters strategically deployed national security rhetoric to gain acceptance within Cold War containment logic. Racially diverse women used civil rights strategies to transform the public sphere into an incubator for a non-hierarchical, inclusive society. Using Nancy Fraser’s “subaltern counterpublics” as a theoretical framework, I analyze how women built on-air female communities that acted collectively to achieve social change. By examining women-authored radio scripts, educational radio publications, promotional materials, studies, and speeches, one can better understand how women used college radio as a platform for intersectional, even international, racial and gender equity movements.

摘要

在二战结束和 1967 年公共广播法案之间，大学广播女性在战后教育领域获得了微弱的信誉。教育者声称，公民话语可以通过培训学生广播员和观众抵制粗俗的商业主义和政治颠覆来促进国内外的民主。作为白人男性定义的公共领域边缘的未来家庭主妇被解雇，女性广播公司战略性地部署了国家安全言论，以在冷战遏制逻辑中获得认可。种族多元化的妇女利用民权战略将公共领域转变为无等级、包容性社会的孵化器。以南希·弗雷泽的“底层反公众”作为理论框架，我分析了女性如何建立集体行动以实现社会变革的直播女性社区。通过研究女性创作的广播剧本、教育广播出版物、宣传材料、研究和演讲，人们可以更好地了解女性如何利用大学广播作为跨界甚至国际、种族和性别平等运动的平台。