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Reading ´Desperate Housewives´: Beyond the White Picket Fence
Janet Mccabe
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Description for Reading ´Desperate Housewives´: Beyond the White Picket Fence
Paperback. Offers a critical response to one of the most talked about shows on contemporary television - "Desperate Housewives". This work dissects the appeal of this show, tapping into early reactions and controversy. It considers the American sex wars, contemporary feminism, Republican politics and the rise of the Right, gender and femininity, and more. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
'Everyone has a little dirty laundry.' The darkly comic series about the secret lives of the ladies living on Wisteria Lane became an instant breakthrough hit for ABC. 21 million viewers tuned in for the first episode and this figure has steadily grown as audiences from around the globe have switched on to the shenanigans in suburbia. "Desperate Housewives" was subject to a backlash in America, where advertisers on the ABC network were lobbied by Christian groups and Parents' Associations. But the sponsorship withdrawal that resulted did little to dampen the enthusiasm of its legions of fans. Recipient of several ... Read more
'Everyone has a little dirty laundry.' The darkly comic series about the secret lives of the ladies living on Wisteria Lane became an instant breakthrough hit for ABC. 21 million viewers tuned in for the first episode and this figure has steadily grown as audiences from around the globe have switched on to the shenanigans in suburbia. "Desperate Housewives" was subject to a backlash in America, where advertisers on the ABC network were lobbied by Christian groups and Parents' Associations. But the sponsorship withdrawal that resulted did little to dampen the enthusiasm of its legions of fans. Recipient of several ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Reading Contemporary Television
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845112202
SKU
V9781845112202
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About Janet Mccabe
Janet McCabe: Research Fellow in TV Drama, Manchester Metropolitan University. Kim Akass is a writer and editor; she is, with Janet McCabe, Series Editor of Tauris' Reading Contemporary Television Series and is on the Editorial Board of the Critical Studies in Television journal. She is co-editor, with Janet McCabe, of Reading 'Sex and the City', Reading ... Read more
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