Pullen, Christopher,
Heroism, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie / by Christopher Pullen. - 1st edition. - 1 online resource (142 pages) : 30 illustrations, text file, PDF. - Routledge Focus on Television Studies . - Routledge Focus on Television Studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Female Work and Hospital Drama -- 2. American Dream and The Absent Mother -- 3. Edie Falco and Star Persona -- 4. The Heroine and Morality -- 5. Therapy and Institution -- Conclusion: A Call to Action.
This book presents an examination of the television series Nurse Jackie, making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series. A key point of reference is the political and performative potential of Nurse Jackie with regards to its progressive representation of prescription drug addiction and its relationship to the concept of quality television. It deconstructs Nurse Jackie’s discursive potential, involving intersections with contemporary notions of genre, celebrity, self-reflexivity, therapy and feminism
9781315297491
PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Television programs--Criticism and interpretation.--United States
Television programs.
Electronic books.
PN1992.3 / .U5
791.450973
Heroism, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie / by Christopher Pullen. - 1st edition. - 1 online resource (142 pages) : 30 illustrations, text file, PDF. - Routledge Focus on Television Studies . - Routledge Focus on Television Studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Female Work and Hospital Drama -- 2. American Dream and The Absent Mother -- 3. Edie Falco and Star Persona -- 4. The Heroine and Morality -- 5. Therapy and Institution -- Conclusion: A Call to Action.
This book presents an examination of the television series Nurse Jackie, making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series. A key point of reference is the political and performative potential of Nurse Jackie with regards to its progressive representation of prescription drug addiction and its relationship to the concept of quality television. It deconstructs Nurse Jackie’s discursive potential, involving intersections with contemporary notions of genre, celebrity, self-reflexivity, therapy and feminism
9781315297491
PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Television programs--Criticism and interpretation.--United States
Television programs.
Electronic books.
PN1992.3 / .U5
791.450973