Format:
1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350192478
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9781786726100
Series Statement:
Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Content:
Series Editors' Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Nineteenth Century Gender and Technology -- 2. Women and Early Public Entertainment -- 3. Television's Earliest Years -- 4. Women in Early British Television -- 5. Women in Early US Television -- 6. Populations, Consumers and Audiences -- 7. The US Female Television Audience -- 8. The British Female Television Audience Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
"Between the nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth century television transformed from an idea to an institution. In Gender and Early Television , Sarah Arnold traces women's relationship to the new medium of television across this period in the UK and USA. She argues that women played a crucial role in its development both as producers and as audiences long before the 'golden age' of television in the 1950s. Beginning with the emergence of media entertainment in the mid-nineteenth century and culminating in the rise of the post-war television industries, Arnold claims that, all along the way, women had a stake in television. As keen consumers of media, women also helped promote television to the public by performing as 'television girls'. Women worked as directors, producers, technical crew and announcers. It seemed that television was open to women. However, as Arnold shows, the increasing professionalisation of television resulted in the segregation of roles. Production became the sphere of men and consumption the sphere of women. While this binary has largely informed women's role in television, through her analysis, Arnold argues that it has not always been the case."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786736161
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350240070
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780769769
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350240070
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781350240070
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350192478
