Teen television : essays on programming and fandom /

"This essay collection explores "teen TV" in the U.S., describing the meanings and manifestations of this category of programming from a variety of perspectives. It views teen TV through an industrial perspective, focuses on popular programs from a cultural context, and explores the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ross, Sharon Marie, Stein, Louisa Ellen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • TV teen club : teen TV as safe harbor / Jeff Martin
  • Teen television and the WB television network / Valerie Wee
  • Defining teen culture : the N network / Sharon Marie Ross
  • Rocking prime time : gender, the WB, and teen culture / Ben Aslinger
  • "Normal is the watchword" : exiling cultural anxieties and redefining desire from the margins / Caralyn Bolte
  • Riding the third wave : the multiple feminisms of Gilmore girls / Francesca Gamber
  • "That girl of yours-she's pretty hardboiled, huh?" : detecting feminism in Veronica Mars / Andrea Braithwaite
  • The portrait of an artist as a young fan : consumption and queer inspiration in Six feet under / Barbara Brickman
  • "They stole me" : the O.C., masculinity, and the strategies of teen TV / Sue Turnbull
  • Fashion sleuths and aerie girls : Veronica Mars' fan forums and network strategies of fan address / Jennifer Gillan
  • The adventures of a repressed farm boy and the billionaire who loves him : queer spectatorship in Smallville fandom / Melanie E.S. Kohnen
  • Pushing at the margins : teenage angst in teen TV and audience response / Louisa Ellen Stein.