A fun yet meaningful examination of the beloved 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, including how it tackled progressive social issues of its time and forever changed the way audiences view older women.
In this book, scholars from various religious and theological backgrounds reflect upon the connection between theology and the Star Trek series and films.
Taking the world by storm when it first dropped in 2016, Stranger Things combined all the best bits of sci-fi, horror and '80s nostalgia to create a world that had viewers gripped from the very start.
This interdisciplinary edited collection examines multiple themes found within the popular Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Chapters on topics such as genre, postmodernism, adaptation, history, fashion, and ideology offer new insights and contextualize the series within contemporary teen television.
An entertaining yet conscientious examination of the popular sketch show In Living Color, which broke racial, cultural, and comedy boundaries; launched the careers of stars such as Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey; and helped shape comedy in the 21st century.
In this book, Anna Marie Bautista delves into the increased visibility of gender inequality, largely brought about by #MeToo, that has been incorporated into representations on television series, reflecting a 'conspicuous feminism' that is explicit, activist, and commodifying in its consideration of gendered power structures and inequality.
The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Muppets in Moscow is the incredible true story of the author's odyssey to create Sesame Street in Russia. It reveals how--in between bombings and political chaos in 1990s Moscow--a team of Russian and American artists, producers, educators, writers, and puppeteers overcame their many differences to create an unprecedented hit in a post-communist ......
Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy
This book analyzes how contemporary representations of Jewish women on television challenge stereotypes of Jewish femininity, using a variety of series created by Jewish women to explore how this self-representation and evolving industry practices have come together to establish new, more diverse paradigms of Jewish femininity.
