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What Women Watched : Daytime Television in the 1950s /

In this pathfinding book, based on original archival research, Marsha F. Cassidy offers the first thorough analysis of daytime television's earliest and most significant women's genres, appraising from a feminist perspective what women watched before soap opera rose to prominence. After pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cassidy, Marsha F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t 1. Introduction --   |t 2. The Dawn of Daytime --   |t 3. Kate Smith --   |t 4. The Charm Boys Woo the Audience --   |t 5. Misery Loves Company --   |t 6. Domesticity in Doubt --   |t 7. Matinee Theater and the Question of Soap Opera --   |t 8. At a Loss for Words --   |t 9. Conclusion --   |t Notes --   |t Works Cited --   |t Index 
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