The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television
Transgressive Women
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9672-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9672-5 (ISBN)
In The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television: Transgressive Women, Molly Brost explores what types of behaviors and characteristics cause female characters to be labeled anti-heroines, how anti-heroines differ from anti-heroes, and how the label reflects society's attitudes toward and beliefs about women.
In The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television: Transgressive Women, Molly Brost explores the various applications and definitions of the term anti-heroine, showing that it has been applied to a wide variety of female characters on television that have little in common beyond their failure to behave in morally "correct" and traditionally feminine ways. Rather than dismiss the term altogether, Brost employs the term to examine what types of behaviors and characteristics cause female characters to be labeled anti-heroines, how those qualities and behaviors differ from those that cause men to be labeled anti-heroes, and how the label reflects society's attitudes toward and beliefs about women. Using popular television series such as Jessica Jones, Scandal, and The Good Place, Brost acknowledges the problematic nature of the term anti-heroine and uses it as a starting point to study the complex women on television, analyzing how the broadening spectrum of character types has allowed more nuanced portrayals of women's lives on television.
In The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television: Transgressive Women, Molly Brost explores the various applications and definitions of the term anti-heroine, showing that it has been applied to a wide variety of female characters on television that have little in common beyond their failure to behave in morally "correct" and traditionally feminine ways. Rather than dismiss the term altogether, Brost employs the term to examine what types of behaviors and characteristics cause female characters to be labeled anti-heroines, how those qualities and behaviors differ from those that cause men to be labeled anti-heroes, and how the label reflects society's attitudes toward and beliefs about women. Using popular television series such as Jessica Jones, Scandal, and The Good Place, Brost acknowledges the problematic nature of the term anti-heroine and uses it as a starting point to study the complex women on television, analyzing how the broadening spectrum of character types has allowed more nuanced portrayals of women's lives on television.
Molly Brost is assistant professor of English at the College of Saint Mary in Nebraska.
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2022 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-9672-X / 149859672X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-9672-5 / 9781498596725 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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