Television Women from Lucy to Friends Fifty Years of Sitcoms and Feminism

Name: Television Women from Lucy to Friends Fifty Years of Sitcoms and Feminism
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ISBN: 9780313287817

ISBN-10: 0313287813

ISBN-13: 9780313287817

Edition: 2003

Authors: Lynn C. Spangler

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For more than 50 years, television situation comedy has been inspiring laughter while reflecting American culture in unique and often fascinating ways. Between the prefeminist antics of Lucy Ricardo and the postfeminist musings of the women in "Friends," the depiction of females in this genre has evolved as interestingly and surprisingly as the women's movement itself. In Televison Women from Lucy to "Friends," author Lynn Spangler applies a cultural feminist perspective to many shows and characters, discussing the nature of humor, theories of television effects, and various definitions of feminism. Each decade of the half-century is analyzed, with six series highlighted for each period.…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Life with Television 1940s and 1950s


Housewives and Secretaries 1960s


War and Witches 1970s


Spunky Girls and Angry Women 1980s


Working Moms and Golden Women 1990s and Beyond


Post-Feminism and Best Friends Loving and Not Loving Lucy


Selected Bibliography


Index