Inventing Television Culture Men, Women, and the Box

Name: Inventing Television Culture Men, Women, and the Box
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ISBN: 9780198742234

ISBN-10: 0198742231

ISBN-13: 9780198742234

Edition: 2004

Authors: Janet Thumim

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Television as we know it was invented through processes of trial and error. This book delivers the uncertainties and excitements of 1955-65 by looking at women's programs, current affairs, and popular drama. Programs had to be devised and the mass audience built. Though women were central to this audience their images were often demeaning, in line with fifties paternalism. Janet Thumim brilliantly illuminates television's role in Britain of the 50s and 60s, revealing the interplay of media and the feminine.

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.49" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction : early television culture in the UK



The formation of television in the UK 1955-1965



Factual programming



Factual programmes : The Wednesday magazine, Panorama, Marriage today, Living for kicks



Drama for the mass audience



Popular drama : The Grove family, Life with the Lyons, Dixon of Dock Green



Women, work, and television