Their own best creations : women writers in postwar television /
"A rich account that combines media-industry history and cultural studies, Their Own Best Creations looks at women writers' contributions to some of the most popular genres of postwar TV: comedy-variety, family sitcom, daytime soap, and suspense anthology. During the 1950s, when the commer...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2022]
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| Collection: | Feminist media histories (Series) ;
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Craftsmen and work wives : the gendering of television writing
- "A sea of male interests" : your show of shows and the comedy of female mischief
- Gertrude Berg, Peg Lynch, and the "small situation" of the stay-at-home showrunner
- What girl wouldn't? : the many children of Irna Phillips
- "Knowing all the plots" : presenting the woman story editor
- "A Girl's gotta live" : the literate heroines of the suspense anthology drama
- Conclusion : better than it never was.


