This study investigates the radio roots of a discourse of domestic whiteness that is typically associated with family sitcoms of the 1950s. Through analysis of a highly popular evening serial. One Man's Family (NBC, 1932-1959), the article tracks the production of domestic whiteness in sound, narrative, and vocal performance, situating it within the institutional and social contexts of 1930s radio.
Journal article
White Noise: Performing the White, Middle-Class Family on 1930s Radio
Cinema Journal, Vol.51(3), pp.97-118
Spring 2012
DOI: 10.1353/cj.2012.0066
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- White Noise: Performing the White, Middle-Class Family on 1930s Radio
- Creators
- Joy Elizabeth Hayes - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cinema Journal, Vol.51(3), pp.97-118
- DOI
- 10.1353/cj.2012.0066
- ISSN
- 0009-7101
- eISSN
- 1527-2087
- Copyright
- Copyright 2012 University of Texas Press. Posted by permission.
- Language
- English
- Date published season
- Spring 2012
- Date published
- 04/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983557233102771
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