“Rhythm revisited. Representations of gender in the 60s ”portrays in an interesting, deep and entertaining way a transcendental moment in the history of the country, from a rarely used perspective. The author of it, the sociologist, and Master in Social Sciences Silvia Lamadrid, built on this topic the thesis with which she obtained a doctorate in History from the University of Chile.
It is a search that uses sources not considered by official history, such as the media, until recently, and which are currently taken into consideration because they are living vestiges of the footprint of social actors. The text conceals the little story, the everyday one, revealed in the texts of the advice that the magazine gave and in the events of the lives of its readers that they communicated with this medium.
The use of gender theory to analyze the most valuable sections of the magazine with the highest circulation at the time reveals the importance of using this perspective in historical studies, since, by incorporating the presence of other actors, it enriches the understanding of the processes. lived in the country. In this case, the second half of the years, a time of changes in Chilean society as well as in the Western world.
Aimed at all audiences, this book brings an unprecedented point of view to both historical, gender and media studies, by reviewing such a popular medium that marked a generation of adolescents in Chile.