Down the Road and Back Again

Critical Approaches to The Golden Girls
Herausgeber: Anderson, Jill E.; Burger, Alissa

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book-length study of The Golden Girls, which ran for seven award-winning seasons from 1985-1992 and produced two spin-offs. Offering fresh insights into its cross-generational and cross-cultural appeal, Down the Road and Back Again is intended for scholars of pop culture and fans of the show.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781032487250
• ISBN-10: 1032487259
• Artikelnr.: 72654303

Autorenporträt

Jill E. Anderson is an Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at Tennessee State University. She is the author of Homemaking for the Apocalypse: Domesticating Horror in Atomic Age Media and Culture (2021) and the cöeditor of Beyond the Haunted House: Shirley Jackson and Domesticity (2020). Alissa Burger is an Associate Professor of English at Culver¿Stockton College. She teaches courses in research, writing, and literature, specializing in gender, horror, and the Gothic. She is the author of IT, Chapters One & Two (Devil's Advocates Series), The Quest for the Dark Tower: Genre and Interconnection in the Stephen King Series (2021), Teaching Stephen King: Horror, the Supernatural, and New Approaches to Literature (2016), and The Wizard of Oz as American Myth: A Critical Study of Six Versions of the Story, 1900-2007 (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Witty, Adult, Intelligent": The Persistent Appeal of The
Golden Girls Part 1: Race, Storytelling, and Queerness: Representation and
Visibility in The Golden Girls 1. "Tootie is my favorite": Interrogating
the Responsibility for Antiracist Teaching in The Golden Girls and The
Golden Palace 2. "The biggest gift would be from [Tennessee]": Tennessee
Williams's Influence on TV's Queerest Chosen Family, The Golden Girls 3.
Brother of Dorothy: Phillip "Phil" Petrillo's Imagined Life in Newark, New
Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s 4. Queer Engagement and Acceptance in The
Golden Girls 5. "Picture It": The Advocacy of Meta-Storytelling in The
Golden Girls Part 2: "Isn't it amazing how I can feel so bad, and still
look so good?": Sex, Health, and Bodies 6. Sick and Tired: Dorothy by
Gaslight 7. "And Then We Talk About Sex Again": Healthy, Holistic Sex in
The Golden Girls 8. "I'm done with great love. I'm back to great lovers":
Sex, Age, and Insecurities with Samantha Jones and Blanche Devereaux PART
3: The Girls' Enduring Legacy: Fandom and Intertextualities 9. The Golden
Girls, Your Friends and Mine: An Exploration of the Series' Enduring Appeal
in Fandoms Across Generational Lines 10. Lessons from Rose and Betty White:
Why Generations of Viewers Are Drawn to the Golden Girl of The Golden Girls
11. The Golden Girls and Television Comedy Formats: Intertextuality and
Designing Women 12. Character Development through Food Work in The Golden
Palace 13. Miami and D.C., You've Got Style: The Power of Performance and
the Performance of Power in The Golden Girls and 227