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The Impossible Woman : Television, Feminism, and the Future.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoerl, Kristen.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Although it may seem like the proliferation of strong women on television is a feminist achievement, a deeper look into their stories tells us otherwise.The Impossible Woman examines a variety of scripted US television series across multiple genres to show how the cultural value of television's extraordinarily talented female characters often.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Sexist Realism and the Crises of Contemporary Feminism
- 1 Impossibly Resilient: Parks and Recreation's Leslie Knope
- 2 Improbably Cheerful: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- 3 Exquisitely Lonely: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and The Queen's Gambit's Beth Harmon
- 4 Insanely Gifted: Game of Thrones's Daenerys Targaryen
- 5 Gangster Girlboss: The Queen of the South
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hoerl, Kristen The Impossible Woman
- ISBN:
- 9781978842557
- OCLC:
- 1534807366
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