Redesigning Women : Television after the Network Era.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Feminist Studies and Media Culture Series .
- Feminist Studies and Media Culture Series .
front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Female-Centered Dramas after the Network Era -- 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 -- Epilogue: The 2001-2 Season and Beyond -- Conclusion: U.S. Feminist Television Criticism in the Post-Network Era -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- back cover.
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Women on television. Women's television programs-United States. Television and women-United States. Television broadcasting-Social aspects-United States.