What women watched : daytime television in the 1950s /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cassidy, Marsha Francis, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2005.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 10.
Subjects:
Women's television programs > United States > History.
Television and women > United States > History.
Télévision > Émissions féminines > États-Unis > Histoire.
Télévision et femmes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Émissions féminines télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
Television and women
Women's television programs
Frauenfernsehen
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ntroduction: Daytime Television in the Era of the Feminine Mystique, 1948\-1960
  • The Dawn of Daytime: Reaching Out to Women across America
  • Kate Smith: Remembering the Future
  • The Charm Boys Woo the Audience: Garry Moore, Arthur Godfrey, and Art Linkletter
  • Misery Loves Company: Strike It Rich, Glamour Girl, and the Critics
  • Domesticity in Doubt: Arlene Francis and Home
  • Matinee Theater and the Question of Soap Opera
  • At a Loss for Words: Queen for a Day, It Could Be You, Who Do You Trust?, and The Big Payoff
  • Conclusion: Visions of Femininity.

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