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Watching Women's Liberation, 1970 : Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Network News /

In 1970, ABC, CBS, and NBC - the 'Big Three' of the pre-cable television era - discovered the feminist movement. From the famed sit-in at Ladies' Home Journal to multi-part feature stories on the movement's ideas and leaders, nightly news broadcasts covered feminism more than in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Dow, Bonnie J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In 1970, ABC, CBS, and NBC - the 'Big Three' of the pre-cable television era - discovered the feminist movement. From the famed sit-in at Ladies' Home Journal to multi-part feature stories on the movement's ideas and leaders, nightly news broadcasts covered feminism more than in any year before or since, bringing women's liberation into American homes. In this book, Bonnie J. Dow uses case studies of key media events to delve into the ways national TV news mediated the emergence of feminism's second wave.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780252096488