What Women Watched : : Daytime Television in the 1950s /

What Women Watched : : Daytime Television in the 1950s / / Marsha F. Cassidy.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Cassidy, Marsha F.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2005
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Dawn of Daytime
  • 3. Kate Smith
  • 4. The Charm Boys Woo the Audience
  • 5. Misery Loves Company
  • 6. Domesticity in Doubt
  • 7. Matinee Theater and the Question of Soap Opera
  • 8. At a Loss for Words
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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