{"product_id":"maid-for-television-l-s-kim-9781978827004","title":"Maid for Television: Race, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy","description":"\u003ci\u003eMaid for Television\u003c\/i\u003e 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 positioning. \u003ci\u003eMaid for Television \u003c\/i\u003etells 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 mediator.The book philosophically redirects the gaze of television and its projection of racial discourse. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. S. Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978827008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978827004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"L. S. Kim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071210549503,"sku":"9781978827004","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42cb1218-feff-4bf1-8f2b-95b07c64150f.jpg?v=1685434770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maid-for-television-l-s-kim-9781978827004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}