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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaklamanidou, Betty, editor.

Tally, Margaret, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women on television.

Sex role on television.

Girls (Television program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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...

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5860-9

OCLC:

875820146