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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Berke, Annie, 1985- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Collection:Feminist media histories (Series) ; 1.
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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.