Television and postfeminist housekeeping : no time for mother / by Elizabeth Nathanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathanson, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in television studies ; 3.

Routledge advances in television studies ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women on television.

Mothers on television.

Television programs--Social aspects--United States.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women's everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers. Her focus on American popular culture from the 1990s through the present reveals two extremes: narratives about women who cannot keep house and narratives about women who only keep house. Nathanson looks specifically at the issue of time in this context and argues that the media constructs panics about domestic time scarcity while at the same time offering solutions for those very panics. Analyzing TV programs such

Contents:

Introduction: no time for mother

Disordered homes: organizing and cleaning the domestic mess

It's time for dinner: cooking and managing the rhythms of everyday life

Multitasking moms: childcare, time management and women's leisure

Knitting, sewing and grandma's retro-style: domestic crafts and free time

Monthly ebbs and flows: child labor and the postfeminist biological clock

Epilogue.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Northwestern University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-09073-4

0-203-07030-5

1-299-44813-5

1-135-09074-2

9780203070307

OCLC:

836402592