Gender and Early Television

Mapping Women’s Role in Emerging US and British Media, 1850-1950

AvSarah Arnold,Claire Nally

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Between the nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth century television transformed from an idea to an institution. In Gender and Early Television, Sarah Arnold traces women’s relationship to the new medium of television across this period in the UK and USA. She argues that women played a crucial role in its development both as producers and as audiences long before the ‘golden age’ of television in the 1950s.Beginning with the emergence of media entertainment in the mid-nineteenth century and culminating in the rise of the post-war television industries, Arnold claims that, all along the way, women had a stake in television. As keen consumers of media, women also helped promote television to the public by performing as ‘television girls’. Women worked as directors, producers, technical crew and announcers. It seemed that television was open to women. However, as Arnold shows, the increasing professionalisation of television resulted in the segregation of roles. Production became the sphere of men and consumption the sphere of women. While this binary has largely informed women’s role in television, through her analysis, Arnold argues that it has not always been the case.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-06-17
Mått:142 x 218 x 22 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781780769769

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Sarah Arnold is Lecturer in Media at Maynooth University, Ireland. Her previous books include Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood (2013) and the co-authored Film Handbook (2013). Her research focuses on women and film and television. She is a regular contributor to the Critical Studies in Television blog and RTE Brainstorm.

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Gender and Early Television makes an important contribution to our understanding of women’s relationship to this new medium in its formative years. ... this is a highly engaging and insightful read that throws much needed new light on an under-researched topic.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Series Editors’ ForewordIntroduction 1. Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Gender and Technology2. Television’s Earliest Years 3. Women in Early British Television 4. Women in Early US Television 5. Populations, Consumers and Audiences 6. The US Female Television Audience 7. The British Female Television Audience Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index