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UNINA9910827171803321 |
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Autore |
Gray Ann <1946-, > |
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Titolo |
Video playtime : the gendering of a leisure technology / / Ann Gray |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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1-134-93131-X |
0-203-13550-4 |
1-134-93132-8 |
1-280-51765-4 |
9786610517657 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Video recordings - Social aspects |
Video recording - Social aspects |
Television and women |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 1Questions of method -- chapter 2 2Organization of spare time -- chapter 3 3Viewing contexts and related texts -- chapter 4 4Viewing and reading preferences -- chapter 5 5Technology in the domestic environment -- chapter 6 6The VCR: time-shift -- chapter 7 7The VCR: hiring tapes -- chapter 8 8Gender and class in the household. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The explosion of the use of VCRs in the home has provided the most significant new form of home entertainment since television. Gray discusses the experiences of women using VCRs and the social and cultural background to ownership. |
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