Dow, Bonnie J. Prime-time feminism : : television, media culture, and the women's movement since 1970 / [electronic resource] / Bonnie J. Dow.. — Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press,, c1996.. — xxvi, 240 p. ; 24 cm. - Feminist cultural studies, the media, and political culture.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-234) and index.

Introduction : the rhetoric of television, criticism, and theory -- 1970s lifestyle feminism, the single woman, and The Mary Tyler Moore show -- Prime-time divorce : the "emerging woman" of One day at a time -- "After the revolution" : 1980s television, postfeminism, and Designing women -- Murphy Brown : postfeminism personified -- The other side of postfeminism : maternal feminism in Dr. Quinn, medicine woman -- Afterword : feminist images, feminist politics.



ISBN: 0812233158 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780812233155 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0812215540 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780812215540 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 96005604

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women on television.
Television and women--United States.
Feminism--United States.
Feminisme.
Massamedia.
Politieke cultuur.
Femmes à la télévision--États-Unis.
Télévision et femmes--États-Unis.
Féminisme--États-Unis.
Télévision et femmes--Etats-Unis.
Féminisme--Etats-Unis--1970-2000.
Femmes--A la télévision--Etats-Unis.
Fernsehen.
Frau.
Feminismus.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.

LC Class. No.: PN1992.8.W65 / D69 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4/0973