Domesticating the airwaves : broadcasting, domesticity and femininity / Maggie Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Maggie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadcasting--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Broadcasting.

Radio and women--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Radio and women.

Television and women--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Television and women.

Broadcasting--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century--Case studies.

Radio and women--Great Britain--History--20th century--Case studies.

Television and women--Great Britain--History--20th century--Case studies.

History.

Broadcasting--Social aspects.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2012.

Summary:

The entry of 'the wireless' into British homes in the 1920s and 30s drarnatieally changed women's experience of domesticity, offering amusement and education, whilst reducing their sense of isolation. .Using case studies and analytical overviews, this book explores the relationship that has since developed between broadcasting and the domestic space in which radio and television are consumed. It argues that the female listener and her perceived interests have influenced the nature of broadcasting, dictating the tone and subject matter of the media - 'domesticating the airwaves' and laying the foundations of contemporary television's obsession with domesticity. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Domesticating the airwaves 1

2 Early domestic goddesses: competing discourses of domestic expertise 30

3 The gardener and the chef: broadcasting celebrities-1930s style 55

4 Domesticity under fire: fractured and extended 82

5 From austerity to consumer wonderland: post-war domesticities 114

6 Broadening domestic 'realities': soaps, documentaries and working-class domesticities in the 1960s and 1970s 149

7 The personal becomes political: domesticity in turmoil and as a political project 179

8 Still contesting and idealizing domesticity 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-264) and index.

ISBN:

9781441172723

1441172726

OCLC:

751834997