Television Families

This volume examines television families in the context of family theory & research, & situates tv family analysis in a conceptual framework reflecting the experience of family life. For scholars & students in media studies, family comm, & family studies

William Douglas

Contents: Preface. The Family and Popular Culture in America. Coming Together and Coming Apart: The Development of the American Family. From Vaudeville to Radio: The Family in Popular Culture. Love and Marriage, House and Carriage: The Family in Postwar America. Development of the Television Family: I. Spousal Relations. Development of the Television Family: II. Parent-Child and Sibling Relations. Minorities on Television: A Tale of Two Groups. Is There Something Wrong in Suburbia?