Screwball television critical perspectives on Gilmore girls / edited by David Scott Diffrient with David Lavery.
| Other author | Diffrient, David Scott, 1972- |
| Other author | Lavery, David, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, |
| Description | xxxvi, 380 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Television and popular culture Television and popular culture. ^A759040 |
| Contents | Introduction: "you're about to be Gilmored" / David Scott Diffrient -- Authorship, genre, literacy, televisuality. "Impossible girl": Amy Sherman-Palladino and television creativity / David Lavery -- Branding the family drama: genre formations and critical perspectives on Gilmore girls / Amanda R. Keeler -- Your guide to the girls: Gilmore-isms, cultural capital, and a different kind of quality TV / Justin Owen Rawlins -- TV "dramedy" and the double-sided "liturgy" of Gilmore Girls / Giada Da Ros -- Real and imagined communities (in town and online). The gift of Gilmore girls' gab: fan podcasts and the task of "talking back" to TV / David Scott Diffrient -- "I wll try harder to merge the worlds": expanding narrative and navigating spaces in Gilmore girls / Radha O'Meara -- "You've always been the head pilgrim girl": stars hollow as the embodiment of the American dream / Alyson R. Buckman -- Town meetings of the imagination: Gilmore girls and Northern exposure / Jane Feuer -- Race, class, education, profession. Escaping from Korea: cultural authenticity and Asian American identities in Gilmore girls / Hye Seung Chung -- "The thing that reads a lot": bibliophilia, college life, and literary culture in Gilmore girls / Anna Viola Sborgi -- Stars hollow, Chilton, and the politics of education in Gilmore girls / Matthew C. Nelson -- "You don't got it": becoming a journalist in Gilmore girls / Angel Castaños Martínez, Amor Muñoz Bécares, and Sarah Caitlin Lavery -- Food, addiction, gender, sexuality. Pass the Pop-Tarts: the Gilmore girls' perpetual hunger / Susannah B. Mintz and Leah E. Mintz -- "Nigella's deep-frying a Snickers bar!": addiction as a social construct in Gilmore girls / Joyce Goggin -- Java junkies versus balcony buddies: Gilmore girls, "shipping," and contemporary sexuality / A. Rochelle Mabry -- "But Luke and Lorelai belong together!": relationships, social control, and Gilmore girls / Jimmie Manning -- What a girl wants: men and masculinity in Gilmore girls / Laura Nathan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010000442 |
| ISBN | 9780815632399 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815632398 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |