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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462085203321

Autore

Lotz Amanda D. <1974->

Titolo

Redesigning women [[electronic resource] ] : television after the network era / / Amanda D. Lotz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-58344-5

9786613895899

0-252-09176-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Feminist studies and media culture

Disciplina

791.45652

Soggetti

Women on television

Women's television programs - United States

Television and women - United States

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Women's brands and brands of women : segmenting audiences and network identities -- 2. Fighting for families and femininity : the hybrid narratives of the action drama -- 3. Sex, careers, and Mr. Right in comedic dramas : the "new" new women of Ally McBeal and Sex and the city -- 4. Same story, different channel?  Returning home and starting over in protagonist-centered family dramas -- 5. Of female cops and docs : the reformulation of workplace dramas and other trends in mixed-sex ensembles.