02227nam 2200565 a 450 991045278920332120200520144314.00-85728-225-5(CKB)2550000001038621(EBL)3001957(SSID)ssj0000819802(PQKBManifestationID)12407298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819802(PQKBWorkID)10857289(PQKB)10855719(MiAaPQ)EBC3001957(Au-PeEL)EBL3001957(CaPaEBR)ebr10651451(CaONFJC)MIL876018(OCoLC)826855582(EXLCZ)99255000000103862120120815d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom happy homemaker to desperate housewives[electronic resource] motherhood and popular television /Rebecca FeaseyLondon ;New York Anthem Press20121 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85728-561-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: theorising motherhood on the small screen -- Soap opera: challenging the "good" mother stereotype -- Situation comedy: the (un)funny mummy wars -- Teen drama: absent, inept and intoxicated mothers -- Dramedy: struggling, sexual and sisterly single mothers -- Reality parenting programming: fragile, failing and ineffectual mothers -- Celebrity reality television: maintaining the "yummy mummy" -- Profile -- Factual television: pregnancy, delivery and the new mother -- Conclusion.Mothers on televisionTelevision programsGreat BritainTelevision programsUnited StatesElectronic books.Mothers on television.Television programsTelevision programs791.450941Feasey Rebecca704126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452789203321From happy homemaker to desperate housewives2469569UNINA