From happy homemaker to desperate housewives : motherhood and popular television / Rebecca Feasey.
| Author/creator |
Feasey, Rebecca |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2012. |
| Description | 213 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: theorising motherhood on the small screen -- Soap opera: challenging the "good" mother stereotype -- Situation comedy: the (un)funny mummy wars -- Teen drama: absent, inept and intoxicated mothers -- Dramedy: struggling, sexual and sisterly single mothers -- Reality parenting programming: fragile, failing and ineffectual mothers -- Celebrity reality television: maintaining the "yummy mummy" -- Profile -- Factual television: pregnancy, delivery and the new mother -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012032982 |
| ISBN | 9780857285614 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0857285610 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1992.8 .M58 F43 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |