The Golden girls : tales from the Lanai /

"The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model differen...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Miller, Taylor Cole (Editor), Martin, Alfred L., Jr (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : thank you for being a fan : 40 years of the Golden girls
  • "Picture it, U.s. 2020..." : Sitcom nostalgia during the pandemic / Kate Fortmueller
  • Disney's renaissance woman : Susan Harris, the Golden girls, and Touchstone Television / Peter C. Kunze
  • Golden girls again : the Golden girls in rerun syndication / Taylor Cole Miller
  • Golden memories : narrative complexity and flashback episodes in the Golden girls / Jessica Hoover
  • Enquiring minds : the Golden girls and tabloid culture / Claire Sewell
  • I need a cheesecake : 1980s diet culture and the Golden girls / Ashleé Clark
  • "AIDS is not a bad person's disease, Rose" : contagion and comedy on The Golden girls / Andrew J. Owens
  • Sex and the "biddy" : an examination of age and sexual performance in the Golden girls / Jared Clayton Brown
  • Thank you for being a mom : contradictory lessons in mothering from the Golden girls / Beth L. Boser
  • Golden girlfriends : Black women's fandom and the implicit Blackness of the Golden girls / Alfred L. Martin, Jr.
  • Smut upon a time in Miami : the Golden girls' camp comedy / Ken Feil
  • Thank you for making drag safe : mainstreaming queerness through live Golden girls stage productions / Eleanor Patterson.