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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: impossible woman
    sub title: television, feminism, and the future
  name:
    name part: Hoerl, Kristen
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2026
    copyright date: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 181 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Although it may seem like the proliferation of strong women on television is a feminist achievement, a deeper look into their stories tells us otherwise. The Impossible Woman examines a variety of scripted US television series across multiple genres to show how the cultural value of television's extraordinarily talented female characters often rests upon their ability to endure-but not overcome-sexism. Looking at Parks and Recreation, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Queen's Gambit, Game of Thrones and Queen of the South, Hoerl argues that these series contribute to sexist realism, or the cultural assumption that there is no alternative to patriarchy. Situating impossible women's struggles in the context of contemporary feminist politics, Hoerl explains how the problems facing television's strongest women illustrate mainstream feminism's paradoxical dependence upon on cultural misogyny, neoliberal individualism and racism. The Impossible Woman encourages readers to seek out alternative stories that might help them envision more just feminist futures.
  note: Kristen Hoerl.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Women on television
  subject:
    topic: Sex role on television
  subject:
    topic: Television
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Feminist criticism
  subject:
    topic: Television broadcasting
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: United States
  classification: PN1992.8.W65 H64 2026
  classification: 791.45082
  identifier: 9781978842526
  identifier: 197884252X
  identifier: 9781978842533
  identifier: 1978842538
  identifier: 9781978842557
  identifier: 2025012136
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 250708
    record change date: 20251124153402.1
    record identifier: in00005669854