Maid for Television – Race, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy Kim

Maid for TelevisionRace, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy\nAuthor(s): L. S. Kim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978827004, 978-1978827004\nSynopsis\nHonorable Mention -- Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in the Media, Performance, and Visual Studies category\n Maid for Television examines race, class, and gender relations as embodied in a long history of television servants from 1950 to the turn of the millennium. Although they reside at the visual peripheries, these figures are integral to the idealized American family. Author L. S. Kim redirects viewers' gaze towards the usually overlooked interface between characters, which is drawn through race, class, and gender [url] for Television tells the stories of servants and the families they work for, in so doing it investigates how Americans have dealt with difference through television as a medium and a [url] book philo.