Watching What We Eat - The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows (Paperback)

Since the first boxy black-and-white TV sets began to appear in American living rooms in the late 1940s, we have been watching people chop, saute, fillet, whisk, flip, pour, arrange and serve food on the small screen. More than just a how-to or an amusement, cooking shows are also a unique social barometer. Their legacy corresponds to the transition from women at home to women at work, from eight-hour to 24/7 workdays, from cooking as domestic labor to enjoyable leisure, and from clearly defined to more fluid gender roles. While variety shows, Westerns, and live, scripted dramas have gone the way of rabbit ear antennae, cooking shows are still being watched, often on high definition plasma screens via Tivo. "Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows" illuminates how cooking shows have both reflected and shaped significant changes in American culture and will explore why it is that just about everybody still finds them irresistible.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	May 2010
Authors:	Kathleen Collins
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-0319-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
LSN:	1-4411-0319-8
Barcode:	9781441103192

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!