Pinedo, Isabel Cristina, 1957-
Difficult women on television drama : the gender politics of complex women in serial narratives / Isabel C. Pinedo. - 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations. - Routledge advances in television studies .
The Rise of Difficult Women in Serial Narrative Television Drama (2005-2020) -- Economic Inequality and the Working Mother: The Killing in Denmark and the U.S. -- Female Sexual Pleasure and Freedom: Outlander and Westworld -- Violence Against Women and Women Who Kill: Big Little Lies, Orange is the New Black, and Wentworth -- Intersectionality: Beyond the White Female Subject -- Conclusion.
"Difficult Women on Television Drama analyses select case studies from international TV dramas to examine the unresolved feminist issues they raise or address: equal labor force participation, the demand for sexual pleasure and freedom, opposition to sexual and domestic violence, and the need for intersectional approaches. Drawing on examples from The Killing, Orange is the New Black, Big Little Lies, Wentworth, Outlander, Westworld, Being Mary Jane, Queen Sugar, Vida, and other television dramas with a focus on complex female characters, this book illustrates how female creative control in key production roles (direct authorship) together with industrial imperatives and a conducive cultural context (indirect authorship) are necessary to produce feminist texts. Placed within the larger context of a rise in feminist activism and political participation by women; the growing embrace of a feminist identity; and the ascendance of post-feminism, this book reconsiders the unfinished nature of feminist struggle(s) and suggests the need for a broader sweep of economic change. This book is a must-read for scholars of media and communication studies; television and film studies; cultural studies; sociology of gender and sexualities; women and gender studies; and international film, media and cinema studies"--
9781003031598 1003031595 9781000342871 1000342875 9781000342888 1000342883 9781000342895 1000342891
10.4324/9781003031598 doi
Feminism on television.
Women on television.
Television series--History--21st century.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
PN1992.8.W65 / P56 2021
791.45/63522
Difficult women on television drama : the gender politics of complex women in serial narratives / Isabel C. Pinedo. - 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations. - Routledge advances in television studies .
The Rise of Difficult Women in Serial Narrative Television Drama (2005-2020) -- Economic Inequality and the Working Mother: The Killing in Denmark and the U.S. -- Female Sexual Pleasure and Freedom: Outlander and Westworld -- Violence Against Women and Women Who Kill: Big Little Lies, Orange is the New Black, and Wentworth -- Intersectionality: Beyond the White Female Subject -- Conclusion.
"Difficult Women on Television Drama analyses select case studies from international TV dramas to examine the unresolved feminist issues they raise or address: equal labor force participation, the demand for sexual pleasure and freedom, opposition to sexual and domestic violence, and the need for intersectional approaches. Drawing on examples from The Killing, Orange is the New Black, Big Little Lies, Wentworth, Outlander, Westworld, Being Mary Jane, Queen Sugar, Vida, and other television dramas with a focus on complex female characters, this book illustrates how female creative control in key production roles (direct authorship) together with industrial imperatives and a conducive cultural context (indirect authorship) are necessary to produce feminist texts. Placed within the larger context of a rise in feminist activism and political participation by women; the growing embrace of a feminist identity; and the ascendance of post-feminism, this book reconsiders the unfinished nature of feminist struggle(s) and suggests the need for a broader sweep of economic change. This book is a must-read for scholars of media and communication studies; television and film studies; cultural studies; sociology of gender and sexualities; women and gender studies; and international film, media and cinema studies"--
9781003031598 1003031595 9781000342871 1000342875 9781000342888 1000342883 9781000342895 1000342891
10.4324/9781003031598 doi
Feminism on television.
Women on television.
Television series--History--21st century.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
PN1992.8.W65 / P56 2021
791.45/63522