Prime‐time fathers: A study in continuity and change
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies in Mass Communication
- Vol. 7 (3) , 275-285
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039009360179
Abstract
This article concentrates on how women, and especially men, act as parents and spouses in domestic comedies. The first section concentrates on the background and rationale for studying the portrayals of fathers and husbands in television's domestic comedies; the second section examines the way gender (with emphasis on males) has been portrayed in these shows from the 1950s through the 1980s. The final section proposes that men are presented differently in women's fiction.Keywords
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