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Domesticating the Airwaves : Broadcasting, Domesticity and Femininity.
Using case studies and analytical overviews this book explores the relationship between broadcasting and the intimate domestic sphere into which it is broadcast. It focuses on the period from the 1920s, when broadcasting was established in the UK, to the present day when both domesticity and broadca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Using case studies and analytical overviews this book explores the relationship between broadcasting and the intimate domestic sphere into which it is broadcast. It focuses on the period from the 1920s, when broadcasting was established in the UK, to the present day when both domesticity and broadcasting have become areas of anxiety and contestation. The entry of the wireless, and later television, into the home changed men and womens experience of domesticity, offering education and reducing isolation. But broadcasting did not merely change domestic leisure patterns, it actively intervened in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441139863 1441139869 9781280123771 128012377X 9781441105714 1441105719 1441172726 9781441172723 9786613527639 6613527637 9781350048294 1350048291 |