Mothers on mothers : maternal readings of popular television / Rebecca Feasey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feasey, Rebecca, author.

Contributor:

Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain.

Mothers on television.

Television programs--Great Britain.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

265 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Peter Lang, [2016]

Summary:

"From Supernanny to Gilmore Girls, from Katie Price to Holly Willoughby, a wide range of examples of mothers and motherhood appear on television today. Drawing on questionnaires completed by mothers across the UK, this book shed new light on the varied and diverse ways in which expectant, new and existing mothers make sense of popular representations of motherhood on television. The volume examines the ways in which these women find pleasure, empowerment, escapist fantasy, displeasure and frustration in popular depictions of motherhood. The research seeks to present the voice of the maternal audience and, as such, it takes as its starting point those maternal depictions and motherwork representations that are highlighted by this demographic, including figures such as Tess Daly and Katie Hopkins and programmes like TeenMom and Kirstie Allsopp's oeuvre."--Cover.

Contents:

Media methods research : finding audiences and giving a voice to mothers

Maternal preferences : from ordinary celebrity to the sitcom star

Emulation, not identification : sartorial styles, domestic skills and maternal discipline

Bad mothers and poor role models : maternal inadequacy and the problem of perfection

Conclusion: A call for maternal diversity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowed Fund.

ISBN:

9783034318266

303431826X

OCLC:

933585074

Publisher Number:

99978860644