Welcome to the Dreamhouse: Popular Media and Postwar Suburbs

Item Number

PN1992.6.S663

Author/Artist/Editor

Lynn Spigel

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2001

Press/Publisher

Duke University Press

Language

English

Description

In Welcome to the Dreamhouse feminist media studies pioneer Lynn Spigel takes on Barbie collectors, African American media coverage of the early NASA space launches, and television's changing role in the family home and its links to the broader visual culture of modern art. Exploring post-war U.S. media in the context of the period's reigning ideals about home and family life, Spigel looks at a range of commercial objects and phenomena, from television and toys to comic books and magazines.

Important Notes

Black and white illustrations. 

Keywords

Postwar, Suburb

ISSN/ISBN

0-8223-2696-5

Availability

Available

OCLC

44905045