Introduction \ 1. Domesticating the Airwaves \ 2. Early Domestic Goddesses: Competing Discourses of Domestic Expertise \ 3. The Gardener and the Chef: Broadcasting Celebrities 1930s Style \ 4. Domesticity Under Fire: Fractured and Extended \ 5. From Austerity to Consumer Wonderland: Post-War Domesticities \ 6. Broadening Domestic Realities: Soaps, Documentaries, and Working Class Domesticities in the 1960s and 1970s \ 7. The Personal Becomes Political: Domesticity in Turmoil and As a Political Object \ 8. Still Contesting and Idealising Domesticity \ Afterword: An Uncertain Future for Domesticity and Broadcast Media \ Bibliography \ Index.
[T]he book remains challenging and consistently engaging. While
Domesticating the Airwavesdraws its case studies exclusively from British culture, it should have broad appeal to those interested in media and cultural studies, as well as feminist approaches to history.
David VanderHamm,University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDr Maggie Andrews is Senior Lecturer in Popular and Modern History at Staffordshire University, UK with over twenty years of experience in teaching History, Cultural Studies and Media Studies.