Women Watching Television: Gender, Class, and Generation in the American Television Experience
- ISBN-10
- 081221286X
- ISBN-13
- 9780812212860
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-03
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Andrea L. Press
Description
Women's inclinations to identify with television characters varies with their assessment of the realism of these characters and their social world.
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