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Women Watching Television

Gender, Class, and Generation in the American Television Experience

Andrea L Press author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Published:1st Mar '91

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Women's inclinations to identify with television characters varies with their assessment of the realism of these characters and their social world.

"A valuable book. . . . By looking at television through the eyes of female viewers of different classes and ages, Press has provided an interesting analysis of a medium that no one can afford to ignore or dismiss."—Women's Review of Books


"Andrea L. Press's book Women Watching Television is a sophisticated sociological study of class and generational differences in women's responses to television. . . . Press's book represents a careful and thorough piece of research, where findings are enriched by the broad, interdisciplinary bases and wide background reading for the research."—Signs

ISBN: 9780812212860

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

258 pages