Mothers on American television : from here to maternity / Kim Akass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akass, Kim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers on television.

Motherhood in popular culture--United States.

Motherhood in popular culture.

Motherhood--United States.

Motherhood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 194 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Kim Akass is Professor of Radio, Television and Film at Rowan University.

Summary:

A psychoanalytical, Marxist, feminist approach is offered here to the way motherhood is portrayed in quality American television series and how that affects the position of mothers in neoliberal American society.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I Mothers on network television

1 Motherhood, culture and society

2 Motherhood on network television, 1940s to 1980s

3 Motherhood on network television, 1980s onwards

Part II Original dramas

4 Sex and the City (HBO, 1998–2004)

5 The Sopranos (HBO, 1999–2007)

6 Six Feet Under (HBO, 2001–5)

7 Deadwood (HBO, 2004–6)

8 The Killing (AMC/ Fox/ Netflix, 2011–14)

9 Game of Thrones (HBO, 2011–19)

10 The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu, 2017–)

11 Big Little Lies (HBO, 2017–19)

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication viewed on February 27, 2024.

ISBN:

9781526169419

152616941X

OCLC:

1405366691