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Starred Review on March 1, 2022 | Arts & Humanities
Spigel (Frances E. Willard Professor of Screen Cultures, Northwestern Univ.; Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America) uses midcentury photographs of people posing next to television sets to construct a fascinating study of Americana. It may be difficult for those born in the 21st century to understand why TVs were once status symbols in the home, bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
