The alienation of the self, the annihilation of the body, the fracturing, dispersal, and reconstruction of the disembodied voice: the themes of modernism, even of modern consciousness, occur as a matter of course in the phantasmic realm of radio. This book explores the meaning of radio to the modern imagination.

""Phantasmic Radio" is a real pleasure to read, both for its elegant style and its originality."--Michael Hardt, Duke University