Cold War Children's Television

Auteur

Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic is librarian emerita of Rutgers University Libraries.

Texte du rabat

Vibiana Cvetkovic examines Philadelphia hosted children's cartoon shows which were broadcast in the industry's earliest days. This book explores the figure of the host with regard to Cold War notions of race, gender, and class and how the host challenged or reified these constructs.

Contenu

Chapter One: Situating Children's Programming in Television's Golden Age

Chapter Two: Sex, Sally Starr, and the Paradox of the American Cowgirl

Chapter Three: Pixanne, Class, and the Cold War American Childhood

Chapter Four: Gene London, Cold War Masculinity

Chapter Five: Chief Halftown, Race, and Nostalgia

Coda: The Demise of Hosted Shows