LEADER 04043nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910818357203321 005 20240418021816.0 010 $a1-283-21122-X 010 $a9786613211224 010 $a0-8122-0075-6 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200751 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050939 035 $a(OCoLC)758823524 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543073 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11352918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543073 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10532021 035 $a(PQKB)10856844 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8314 035 $a(DE-B1597)449134 035 $a(OCoLC)979591226 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441484 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321122 035 $a(OCoLC)748533338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441484 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050939 100 $a19970328d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeverly Hills, 90210 $etelevision, gender, and identity /$fE. Graham McKinley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 225 1 $aFeminist cultural studies, the media, and political culture 300 $aRev. ed. of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rutgers University. 311 $a0-8122-1623-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. The Enthusiastic Voices -- $tChapter 2. Watching Beverly Hills, 90210 -- $tChapter 3. Cultural Studies: Agency, Community, and Pleasure -- $tChapter 4. Social Construction: The Discursive Self -- $tChapter 5. Appearance: Expertise and the Community of Viewers -- $tChapter 6. Characterizations: Community with the Characters -- $tChapter 7. Narrative: Playing Pundit -- $tChapter 8 Talk About TV Effects: Enculturation -- $tChapter 9. Issues: Closing Down the Moral Voice -- $tChapter 10. Dating: The Passive Female -- $tChapter 11. Guessing: The Microprocesses of Hegemony -- $tChapter 12. Conclusion: Swimming with the Tide -- $tAppendix: Data Collection and Subjects -- $tGlossary -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1990 the fledgling Fox television network debuted its prime-time soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210, which was intended to appeal to viewers in their late teens and early twenties. Before long, not only did the network have a genuine hit with a large and devoted audience but the program had evolved into a cultural phenomenon as well, becoming a lens through which its youthful viewers defined much of their own sense of themselves. By an overwhelming majority the fans were female-young women between eleven and twenty-five whose experience of the program was addictive and intensely communal. They met in small groups to watch the program, discussing its plot and characters against the backdrops of their own ongoing lives. Wondering what this talk accomplished and what role it played in the construction of young female viewers' identities, Graham McKinley found several groups who watched the program and questioned them about the program's significance. Extracting generously from actual interviews, McKinley's investigation has the urgency of a heart-to-heart conversation, with rich anecdotal moments and revelations of self. 410 0$aFeminist cultural studies, the media, and political culture. 606 $aTelevision viewers$zUnited States$xPsychology 606 $aTelevision programs$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aTelevision viewers$xPsychology. 615 0$aTelevision programs$xSocial aspects 676 $a791.45/72 700 $aMcKinley$b E. Graham$01717185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818357203321 996 $aBeverly Hills, 90210$94113121 997 $aUNINA