University of Redlands InSPIRe @ Redlands Undergraduate Honors Theses Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Projects 2009 A Not-So-Nuclear Family: I Love Lucy In the Midst of the Suburban Revolution Jenna Shaffer University of Redlands Follow this and additional works at: https://inspire.redlands.edu/cas_honors Part of the American Politics Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, United States History Commons, and the Women's History Commons Recommended Citation Shaffer, J. (2009). A Not-So-Nuclear Family: I Love Lucy In the Midst of the Suburban Revolution (Undergraduate honors thesis, University of Redlands). Retrieved from https://inspire.redlands.edu/cas_honors/493 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Projects at InSPIRe @ Redlands. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of InSPIRe @ Redlands. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Lucy Ricardo showing the schedule that Ricky created for her to "manageu her time to Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield and Fred Mertz.l 1 Amazon, http:/fecx.images- amazon.comfimages/1/41XWOY509PL._SX320_SY240_.jpg (accessed Aprill, 2009). Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER 1: THE FAMILY FROM RADIO TO TELEVISION IN EARLY COLD WAR AMERICA 17 I LOVE LUCY: WAS IT REALLY TilE MOST POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL SITCOM OF ALL TIME? 20 UNIQUE ALCHEMY OF TALENT: IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE CAMERA 22 FROM '"LIZ" TO •tuCY": •BABy SNOOKS" AS A MODEL 30 SHOW BIZ COUPLE 31 PROM RADIO TO TV 33 ExTENDED URBAN FAMILY 35 ETHNICITY' ON I LoVE LUCY 41 CHAPTER 2; THE SJMBOLIC CONTAINMENT OF WOMEN 46 FEMALB STEREOTYPES: HOUSEWIVES, HOMEMAKERS, AND GLAMOROUS ICONS 51 THE "LUCY" CHARACFHR 57 LUCY RICARDO VS.