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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813102903321

Autore

Nathanson Elizabeth

Titolo

Television and postfeminist housekeeping : no time for mother / / by Elizabeth Nathanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09073-4

0-203-07030-5

1-299-44813-5

1-135-09074-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in television studies ; ; 3

Disciplina

791.45/6522

Soggetti

Women on television

Mothers on television

Television programs - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Northwestern University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: no time for mother -- Disordered homes: organizing and cleaning the domestic mess -- It's time for dinner: cooking and managing the rhythms of everyday life -- Multitasking moms: childcare, time management and women's leisure --  Knitting, sewing and grandma's retro-style: domestic crafts and free time -- Monthly ebbs and flows: child labor and the postfeminist biological clock -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women's everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers. Her focus on American popular culture from the 1990s through the present reveals two extremes: narratives about women who cannot keep house and narratives about women who only keep house. Nathanson looks specifically at the issue of time in this context and argues that the media constructs panics about domestic time scarcity while at the same time offering solutions for those very panics. Analyzing TV programs such