Chick TV : Antiheroines and Time Unbound
by
Yael Levy
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Television and Popular Culture
ISBN-10
0815637381
ISBN-13
9780815637387
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Imprint
Syracuse University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 14th, 2022
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
442 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
TelevisionTelevisionGender studies, gender groupsGender studies, gender groups
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Brings antiheroines to the forefront of television criticism, revealing the subtle ways in which they perform feminist resistance. Offering a retooling of gendered media analyses, Yael Levy finds antiheroism not only in the morally questionable cop and tormented lawyer, but also in characters who inhabit more stereotypical feminine roles.
Tony Soprano, Don Draper, and Walter White ushered in the era of the television antihero, with compelling narratives and complex characters. While critics and academics celebrated these characters, the antiheroines who populated
television screens in the twenty-first century were pushed to the margins and dismissed as "chick TV."
In this volume, Yael Levy advances antiheroines to the forefront of television criticism, revealing the varied and subtle ways in which they perform feminist resistance. Offering a retooling of gendered media analyses, Levy finds antiheroism not only in the morally questionable cop and tormented lawyer, but also in the housewife and nurse who inhabit more stereotypical feminine roles. By analyzing Girls, Desperate Housewives, Nurse Jackie, Being Mary Jane, Grey’s Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Sister Wives, and the Real Housewives franchise, Levy explores the narrative complexities of "chick TV" and the radical feminist potential of these shows.
television screens in the twenty-first century were pushed to the margins and dismissed as "chick TV."
In this volume, Yael Levy advances antiheroines to the forefront of television criticism, revealing the varied and subtle ways in which they perform feminist resistance. Offering a retooling of gendered media analyses, Levy finds antiheroism not only in the morally questionable cop and tormented lawyer, but also in the housewife and nurse who inhabit more stereotypical feminine roles. By analyzing Girls, Desperate Housewives, Nurse Jackie, Being Mary Jane, Grey’s Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Sister Wives, and the Real Housewives franchise, Levy explores the narrative complexities of "chick TV" and the radical feminist potential of these shows.
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