“¿Cuánto por una máquina parlante?”: estrategias cotidianas para acceder al mágico mundo de los sonidos grabados (México, 1903-1910)

. Objective/Context: This article aims to demonstrate how, despite the high prices of talking machines for the pockets of the Mexican working classes, these sectors used various practices and mechanisms to enter the world of recorded sounds. This story develops in a specific context of the social uses of talking machines in Mexico, marked by the interest of several American companies in the country’s sound ❧ Este artículo se deriva del proyecto “Fonógrafos