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Reading Sex and the City (Reading Contemporary Television)
Kim (Ed) Akass
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Description for Reading Sex and the City (Reading Contemporary Television)
Paperback. The hit series "Sex and the City" has an international fanbase and has won major awards. This critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha discusses the series' position in an increasingly complex television landscape. Editor(s): Akass, Kim; McCabe, Janet. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 45. Weight in Grams: 308.
HBO's hit series "Sex and the City" has a huge international fanbase and has picked up major awards. This critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for TV comedy drama. It discusses its position in an increasingly complex television landscape and pioneers innovative approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book explores among many other issues female fandom and fan culture; fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr Right; third wave feminism; sex and the single girl and indeed sex ... Read more
HBO's hit series "Sex and the City" has a huge international fanbase and has picked up major awards. This critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for TV comedy drama. It discusses its position in an increasingly complex television landscape and pioneers innovative approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book explores among many other issues female fandom and fan culture; fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr Right; third wave feminism; sex and the single girl and indeed sex ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Reading Contemporary Television
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850434238
SKU
V9781850434238
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Ref
99-5
About Kim (Ed) Akass
Janet McCabe is Lecturer in Film Studies at Trinity College, Dublin 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', ... Read more
Reviews for Reading Sex and the City (Reading Contemporary Television)
"...the editors have managed to mirror the show's fine balancing act between breezy and serious... 'Sex and the City' - and this book - illustrate not only that feminism is alive and well, but that good writing by and about women is too." -Cathy Dillon, Irish Times "Finally, a respectable academic companion to a guilty pleasure. This collects 17 ... Read more