Everything That Makes up a Woman's Life
Feminism and Femininity in Houseparty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurel Forster (0000-0003-4740-577X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 94-116 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7227/cst.9.2.6 |
| OpenAlex | W2068183668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article explores the ways in which an unassuming regional afternoon television programme for women, Houseparty (1972-81) overlapped with the feminist concerns of the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement. Without any overt feminist agenda, this much-loved programme achieved a feminist communication through cross-over between talk television and consciousness-raising, and by addressing issues of prominent concern to women in this decade such as the role of the housewife and the working woman, motherhood and the potential of craft as a political statement. Innovative direction and the intention to offer 'authentic' presentations of female experience, led a mode of conversation that straddled both feminism and femininity
Art · Consciousness · Consciousness raising · Conversation · Craft · Femininity · Feminism · Housewife · Liberation movement · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |