The Age of Melodramatic Miniseries
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9162-6 (ISBN)
Reflecting the "greed is good" ethos of the day yet encoded with subversive feminist messaging, these glitzy, often camp stories depicted statuesque superwomen facing off with square-jawed men in boardrooms and bedrooms. This book explores the shows that epitomized the prime-time soap era and gave us such memorable scenes as Stefanie Powers trading lovers with her twin sister, Joan Collins fighting Nazis in haute couture and Phoebe Cates demanding, "Which one of you bitches is my mother?
Scott Humphries is an aficionado of melodrama, especially the "trashy" kinds of popular literature, film and television from the 1980s. He has degrees in English literature and urban planning and lives in Canberra, Australia.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One—Defining the Genre
1. Overview of the Female-Centric Melodramatic Miniseries
2. Novels for Television…. Lost in Adaptation?
3. Women of Substance: Character Types and Tropes
4. Reception of the Melodramatic Miniseries
Part Two—Analyzing the Texts
5. A Woman's Place: Mother, Family, and Home
6. Lady Bosses: Work, Power, and Conflict
7. Lifestyles of the Rich and Vacuous
8. Melodrama, "Down Under"
Afterword
Appendix A: List of Cited Miniseries
Appendix B: Methods for Reception Analysis
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 43 photos |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9162-2 / 1476691622 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9162-6 / 9781476691626 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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