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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrews, Maggie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Broadcasting > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Radio and women > Great Britain > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Television and women > Great Britain > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Radiodiffusion > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Radio et femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Télévision et femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Social & cultural history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Broadcasting > Social aspects
Radio and women
Television and women
Great Britain
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; aff-1; Contents; IIllustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Domesticating the airwaves; Chapter Two; Early domestic goddesses: competing discourses of domestic expertise; Chapter Three; The gardener and the chef: broadcasting celebrities
  • 1930s style; Chapter Four; Domesticity under fire: fractured and extended; Chapter Five; From austerity to consumer wonderland: post-war domesticities; Chapter Six; Broadening domestic 'realities': soaps, documentaries and working-class domesticities in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Chapter SevenThe personal becomes political: domesticity in turmoil and as a political project; Chapter Eight; Still contesting and idealizing domesticity; Afterword: an uncertain future for domesticity and broadcast media; Bibliography; Index.

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