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9780812212860

Women Watching Television

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812212860

  • ISBN10:

    081221286X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-04-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

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Summary

Women's inclinations to identify with television characters varies with their assessment of the realism of these characters and their social world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Backgroundp. 13
Theoretical Framework: Issues of Class, Gender, and Mass Media Receptionp. 15
Work, Family, and Social Class in Television Images of Women: Prefeminism, Feminism, and Postfeminism on Prime-Time Televisionp. 27
Women Interpreting Televisionp. 51
Introduction Women's Experiences with Television: The Evolution of the Meaning of Television Through the Generationsp. 53
Middle-Class Women Discuss Televisionp. 63
Working-Class Women Discuss Televisionp. 97
Women Remembering Television: Pre- and Postfeminist Generationsp. 141
Conclusion: Television Reception as a Window on Culturep. 171
Appendix: Methodologyp. 179
Notes Introductionp. 195
Bibliographyp. 213
Indexp. 233
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