| Description |
xi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oxford television studies |
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Oxford television studies.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Housewives, heroines, feminists : 1. Everyday life (excerpt) -- 2. The search for tomorrow in today's soap operas -- 3. Affirmation and denial: construction of femininity on Indian television (excerpts) -- 4. Situation comedy, feminism, and Freud: discourses of Gracie and Lucy -- 5. Roseanne: ulruly woman as domestic goddess -- 6. L.A. Law and prime-time feminism -- 7. Empowering women? The Oprah Winfrey Show -- 8. Identity in feminist television criticism -- 9. New traditionalism and post-feminism: TV does the home ; Part 2. Audiences and reception contexts : 10. Women's genres -- 11. Melodramatic identifications: television fiction and women's fantasy -- 12. Black feminism and media criticism: The women of Brewster Place -- 13. In love with Inspector Morse -- 14. Fruitful investigations: the case of the successful lesbian text -- 15. The suburban home companion: television and the neighbourhood ideal in post-war America -- 16. Behind closed doors: video recorders in the home ; Part 3. Private bodies, public figures : 17. Television tales and a woman's rage: a nationalist recasting of Draupadi's 'Disrobing' -- 18. Leading up to Roe v. Wade: television documentaries in the abortion debate -- 19. The ideology of freshness in feminine hygiene commercials -- 20. Never trust a big butt and a smile -- 21. The gorgeous lesbian in L.A. Law: the present absence? -- 22. Reproducing reality: Murphy Brown and illegitimate politics -- 23. Representation wars: Malaysia, Embassy, and Australia's Corps Diplomatique |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 351-369 |
| Subject |
Feminist criticism.
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Sex role on television.
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Television and women -- History and criticism.
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Television criticism.
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Television -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Television -- Social aspects.
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Women on television -- History and criticism.
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Women's television programs.
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| Author |
Brunsdon, Charlotte.
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D'Acci, Julie.
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Spigel, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
0198711522 |
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0198711530 |
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