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Down the Road and Back Again : Critical Approaches to The Golden Girls / edited by Jill E. Anderson and Alissa Burger.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Advances in Popular Culture Studies.
- Routledge Advances in Popular Culture Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Golden girls (Television program).
- Situation comedies (Television programs).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Witty, Adult, Intelligent": The Persistent Appeal of The Golden Girls Part 1: Race, Storytelling, and Queerness: Representation and Visibility in The Golden Girls 1. "Tootie is my favorite": Interrogating the Responsibility for Antiracist Teaching in The Golden Girls and The Golden Palace 2. "The biggest gift would be from [Tennessee]": Tennessee Williams's Influence on TV's Queerest Chosen Family, The Golden Girls 3. Brother of Dorothy: Phillip "Phil" Petrillo's Imagined Life in Newark, New Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s 4. Queer Engagement and Acceptance in The Golden Girls 5. "Picture It": The Advocacy of Meta-Storytelling in The Golden Girls Part 2: "Isn't it amazing how I can feel so bad, and still look so good?": Sex, Health, and Bodies 6. Sick and Tired: Dorothy by Gaslight 7. "And Then We Talk About Sex Again": Healthy, Holistic Sex in The Golden Girls 8. "I'm done with great love. I'm back to great lovers": Sex, Age, and Insecurities with Samantha Jones and Blanche Devereaux PART 3: The Girls' Enduring Legacy: Fandom and Intertextualities 9. The Golden Girls, Your Friends and Mine: An Exploration of the Series' Enduring Appeal in Fandoms Across Generational Lines 10. Lessons from Rose and Betty White: Why Generations of Viewers Are Drawn to the Golden Girl of The Golden Girls 11. The Golden Girls and Television Comedy Formats: Intertextuality and Designing Women 12. Character Development through Food Work in The Golden Palace 13. Miami and D.C., You've Got Style: The Power of Performance and the Performance of Power in The Golden Girls and 227
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed April 22, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9781003390459
- 1003390455
- 9781040363638
- 1040363636
- 9781040363676
- 1040363679
- Publisher Number:
- 40032765079
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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