Housework and Gender in American Television

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By Kristi Rowan Humphreys

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This book examines representations of housework and gender in popular television shows of the 1950s through the 1980s. It challenges the notion that housework is a mechanism through which female characters are marginalized, instead arguing that it highlights strength that is inherent in the loving, sacrificial, and active qualities of housework.

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List of Images Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Televised Housework in the 1950s Chapter Three: Televised Housework in the 1960s Chapter Four: Televised Housework in the 1970s Chapter Five: Televised Housework in the 1980s Chapter Six: Conclusions Bibliography