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June Cleaver was a feminist! : reconsidering the female characters of early television
- Title
- June Cleaver was a feminist! : reconsidering the female characters of early television / Cary O'Dell ; foreword by Yvonne Craig.
- Author
- O'Dell, Cary, 1968-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
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- Subject
- Note
- "Introduction: "I'll be your mirror" -- "Here, there and everywhere" : televisions's big picture -- "Mama said" : television's wives and moms -- "She's a rebel" : Lucy and her kind -- "Bewitched, bothered and bewildered" : the rise of the "magicom" and the women who dominated it -- "She works hard for the money" : TV's women at work -- "Sisters are doin' it for themselves" : single in the city -- "Femme fatale" : television's secret agents and super heroines -- "Voices carry" : a conclusion -- Appendix- the myths of a medium."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- MWGS 13-4643
- ISBN
- 9780786471775 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786471778 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013014207
- OCLC
- YBP 2013014207
- Author
- O'Dell, Cary, 1968-
- Title
- June Cleaver was a feminist! : reconsidering the female characters of early television / Cary O'Dell ; foreword by Yvonne Craig.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Description
- vi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "Long dismissed as ciphers, sycophants and Stepford Wives, a more careful assessment of how women were portrayed on primetime television during the 1950s through the 1980s, reveals the opposite. From smart, savvy wives and resilient mothers to talented working women to crimebusters and even criminals, American women on television were diverse, empowered, individualistic, and capable"--Provided by publisher.
- Research Call Number
- MWGS 13-4643