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Watching what we eat : the evolution of television cooking shows / Kathleen Collins.

By: Collins, Kathleen, 1965-.
Publisher: New York ; London : Continuum, 2009Description: viii, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780826429308 (hbk.); 0826429300 (hbk.).Subject(s): Television cooking shows -- United States -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.456564
Contents:
Early period (1945-1962). Stirrings : radio, home economists, and James Beard ; La Cuisine and canned soup : Dione Lucas vs. convenience -- Middle period (1963-1992). Julia Child and revolution in the kitchen ; The Me-decade and the Galloping Gourmet ; Cultural capital and the Frugal Gourmet -- Modern period (1993-present). A network of its own ; Good television ; "Democratainment" : gender, class, and the Rachel-Martha continuum ; Evolution : how did we get here and what's on next?
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791.45655 SNA 2006 Crime television / 791.456554 VIL 2010 Television and the legal system / 791.456556 MAC 2012 Adapting detective fiction : 791.456564 COL 2009 Watching what we eat : 791.457 FIS 2011 Television culture / 791.457 FIS 2011 Television culture / 791.457 FIS 2011 Television culture /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and index.

Early period (1945-1962). Stirrings : radio, home economists, and James Beard ; La Cuisine and canned soup : Dione Lucas vs. convenience -- Middle period (1963-1992). Julia Child and revolution in the kitchen ; The Me-decade and the Galloping Gourmet ; Cultural capital and the Frugal Gourmet -- Modern period (1993-present). A network of its own ; Good television ; "Democratainment" : gender, class, and the Rachel-Martha continuum ; Evolution : how did we get here and what's on next?