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Make room for TV
television and the family ideal in postwar America
By Spigel, Lynn
- ISBN
- 978-0-22676-966-0
- Publisher
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 15, 1992
Using sources ranging from articles and advertisements in women's magazines to sitcom scripts and sociological studies, Spigel (cinema and TV, Univ. of Southern California) traces the effects of television on American family life from 1948 to 1955. The advent of television in most homes had an impact not only on the viewers but on their v...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
