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Gender and Early Television

By Sarah Arnold

Gender and Early Television Law

Gender and Early Television

By Sarah Arnold

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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.
Product details
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2021-06-17
Publication Date:
2021-06-17
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1780769768
ISBN13:
9781780769769
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
542 g
Height:
222 cm
Width:
144 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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