Television Families: Is Something Wrong in Suburbia?

ISBN-13: 9780805840131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 206 str.

William Douglas

Opis

This volume examines television families in the context of family theory and research, and situates TV family analysis in a conceptual framework reflecting the experience of family life. For students and scholars in media studies, family communication and family studies.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. The Family and Popular Culture in America. Coming Together and Coming Apart: The Development of the American Family. From Vaudeville to Radio: The Family in Popular Culture. Love and Marriage, House and Carriage: The Family in Postwar America. Development of the Television Family: I. Spousal Relations. Development of the Television Family: II. Parent-Child and Sibling Relations. Minorities on Television: A Tale of Two Groups. Is There Something Wrong in Suburbia?

O autorze

William Douglas