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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813291203321

Titolo

HBO's Girls : questions of gender, politics, and millennial angst / / edited by Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret Tally

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5860-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

791.4572

Soggetti

Women on television

Sex role on television

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Young women today have achieved as much as, and in many cases far exceeded, males in both educational and occupational terms. While this presents many opportunities, it also creates confusion in terms of re-negotiating traditional gender roles. The fictional representation of young women in recent film and television shows demonstrates how these tensions, created by the specific sociopolitical climate of the post-recession era, are being worked out. One specific television show focused on int...