Maid for Television : Race, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy
by
L. S. Kim
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1978827008
ISBN-13
9781978827004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Imprint
Rutgers University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 11th, 2023
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.60 x 2.80 cms
Ksh 21,600.00
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Honorable Mention -- Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in the Media, Performance, and Visual Studies category
Maid for Television examines race, class, and gender relations as embodied in a long history of television servants from 1950 to the turn of the millennium. Although they reside at the visual peripheries, these figures are integral to the idealized American family. Author L. S. Kim redirects viewers'' gaze towards the usually overlooked interface between characters, which is drawn through race, class, and gender positioning. Maid for Television tells the stories of servants and the families they work for, in so doing it investigates how Americans have dealt with difference through television as a medium and a mediator.The book philosophically redirects the gaze of television and its projection of racial discourse.
Maid for Television examines race, class, and gender relations as embodied in a long history of television servants from 1950 to the turn of the millennium. Although they reside at the visual peripheries, these figures are integral to the idealized American family. Author L. S. Kim redirects viewers'' gaze towards the usually overlooked interface between characters, which is drawn through race, class, and gender positioning. Maid for Television tells the stories of servants and the families they work for, in so doing it investigates how Americans have dealt with difference through television as a medium and a mediator.The book philosophically redirects the gaze of television and its projection of racial discourse.
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