TV Family Values : Gender, Domestic Labor, and 1980s Sitcoms /

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During the 1980s, U.S. television experienced a reinvigoration of the family sitcom genre. This book focuses on the impact the decade's television shows had on middle class family structure. These sitcoms sought to appeal to upwardly mobile "career women" and were often structured aro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leppert, Alice (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Situation comedies (Television programs)
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Television > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Comedies de situation > États-Unis.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
Situation comedies (Television programs) > United States.
United States.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:During the 1980s, U.S. television experienced a reinvigoration of the family sitcom genre. This book focuses on the impact the decade's television shows had on middle class family structure. These sitcoms sought to appeal to upwardly mobile "career women" and were often structured around non-nuclear families and the reorganization of housework. Drawing on Foucauldian and feminist theories, the author examines the nature of sitcoms such as Full House, Family Ties, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show, and Who's the Boss? against the backdrop of a time period generally remembered as socially conservative and obsessed with traditional family values
Descripción Física:1 online resource (202 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813592718

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