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An exploration of how the domestic reception of broadcasting shaped the medium, from the 1920s to the present day.
Explores the world of women's professional and amateur musical activity as it developed on and beyond the island of Ireland.
Mabel Constanduros was one of the first British radio comediennes and a beloved star of the early BBC, best known as the creator and performer of the comic Cockney family, the Bugginses. In this, the first significant biography of Constanduros, Jennifer J Purcell explores Constanduros's career and influence on the shaping of popular British entertainment alongside the history of the nascent BBC. Mother of the BBC provides new insights into programming decisions and content on the early BBC, deepening our understanding of the history and evolution of situation comedy and soap opera. Further, Constanduros's biography considers class in the representation of the British people on BBC radio, the gendered experience and performance of radio celebrity, and the intersections between BBC entertainment and other forms of popular media prior to the advent of television. Constanduros's emphasis on the everyday and the family had far-reaching impacts on the shape of sitcom and soap opera in Britain, two popular lenses through which the nation sees itself at home. Her role in developing entertainment on the BBC and the ways in which she cultivated her career make her the Mother of the BBC, but in constructing a popular image of family life she might also be considered the Mother of the Nation.
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.
A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections—Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies—the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study.
Grey Room is a scholarly journal devoted to the theorization of modern and contemporary architecture, art, and media. Published quarterly, it is dedicated to the task of promoting and sustaining critical investigation into each of these fields separately and into their mutual interactions.