What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s

by Marsha F. Cassidy

Book Overview

In this pathfinding book, based on original archival research, Marsha F. Cassidy offers the first thorough analysis of daytime television's earliest and most significant women's genres, appraising from a feminist perspective what women watched before soap opera rose to prominence.

After providing a comprehensive history of the early days of women's programming across the nation, Cassidy offers a critical discussion of the formats, programs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292706278
• ISBN13: 9780292706279
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"