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Horrible white people : gender, genre, and television's precarious whiteness / Taylor Nygaard and Jorie Lagerwey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nygaard, Taylor, author.
- Lagerwey, Jorie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White people on television.
- Sex role on television.
- Gender identity on television.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
- Television broadcasting.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 259 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Horrible White People" explores genre, gender, and whiteness in television"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Fraying Fantasies of White Supremacy
- Peak TV and the Spreadability of Transatlantic Horrible White People
- Alternative Families and White Fragility: The Politics of the Dystopian Sitcom
- Emergent Feminisms and Racial Discourses of Televisual Girlfriendship
- Diverse Quality Comedies in an Era of White Precarity
- Conclusion: NFL Protests and White Supremacy in the Mass Market
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Horrible White People Shows and Diverse Quality Comedies Synopses.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-0534-3
- OCLC:
- 1224278377
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