Cold War Children's Television

Philadelphia as a Case Study

AvVibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Children and Youth in Popular Culture

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Beskrivning

Cold War Children's Television: Philadelphia as a Case Study examines a culturally significant phenomenon of the Cold War—the locally produced hosted children's show. The Cold War era and the coming of age of commercial television were entwined not only chronologically but societally. The era of the locally produced hosted show closed in the wake of Sesame Street due to shifts in social policy, industry economics, and rising expectations for children programming. Through the lens of cultural and historical analysis, this book reveals that beyond that nostalgia lies a vital visual form that thrived in the Cold War era; one that reflected the ideals of childhood, media, and nation of a societal terrain from which the American children's television host emerged.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-30
Mått:158 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Children and Youth in Popular Culture
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666927924

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic is librarian emerita of Rutgers University Libraries.

Recensioner i media

Smart and bold in its claims, Vibiana Cvetkovic's book invites us to view early children's tv hosts from the lens of today. Hosts at once conformed to familiar roles and troubled them. Neither completely male nor female, adult nor child, teacher nor entertainer, parent nor friend, counselor nor salesperson... hosts were rather like 'impossible burgers' today. People wanted them to pass for a suburban bbq, but they nevertheless gently transformed the midcentury landscape with new possibilities and appetites.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: Situating Children’s Programming in Television’s Golden AgeChapter Two: Sex, Sally Starr, and the Paradox of the American Cowgirl Chapter Three: Pixanne, Class, and the Cold War American ChildhoodChapter Four: Gene London, Cold War MasculinityChapter Five: Chief Halftown, Race, and Nostalgia Coda: The Demise of Hosted Shows