{"product_id":"disney-channel-tween-programming-9781476681948","title":"Disney Channel Tween Programming","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Much has been written about the Walt Disney Company''s productions, but the focus has largely been on animation and feature film created by Disney. In this essay collection, the attention is turned to The Disney Channel and the programs it presents for a largely tween audience. Since its emergence as a market category in the 1980s, the tween demographic has commanded purchasing power and cultural influence, and the impressionability and social development of the age group makes it an important range of people to study. Presenting both a groundbreaking view of The Disney Channel''s programming by the numbers and a deep focus on many of the best-known programs and characters of the 2000s--shows like \u003ci\u003eThe Wizards of Waverly Place, That''s So Raven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHannah Montana\u003c\/i\u003e--this collection asks the simple questions, What does The Disney Channel Universe look and sound like? Who are the stories about? Who matters on The Disney Channel?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: A Road Map to the Disney Channel Universe (Christopher E. Bell, Marissa Lammon, Angela M. Guido and Julie Estlick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Dreams Are Made Of: Hilary Duff and the Illusion of Girl Power (Cary Elza)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat's So Afrofuturist: That's So Raven, Black Radical Imagination and Afrofuturist Tweens (Terah J. Stewart)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHannah Montana: The Best of Both Worlds During the Rise of Facebook (Claudia Lisa Moeller)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily, Hard Work and Magic: The Skewed ­Working-Class Sensibilities of Wizards of Waverly Place (Colin Ackerman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Disney is ruining my kid!\" A Case for Cultivation and Social \u003cbr\u003eLearning in Tween TV (Rachel Guldin, Janelle Applequist and Travis R. Bell)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"There's no way I can make it without you?\" Austin \u0026amp; Ally's Vision of Gender\/Race Equality (Allison Schottenstein)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdopting Diversity and Ignoring Race: Representations of Race in Jessie's and K.C. Undercover's Families of Color (Rebecca Rowe)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGirl Meets \"Woke\": Rowan Blanchard, Intersectionality and Fan Engagement (Christopher E. Bell, Marissa Lammon and Hanne Murray)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGirlhood Voice in the Disney Family: Liv and Maddie and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (J. Richard Stevens)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStuck in the Middle of a Flattened Culture (Sloan Gonzales)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe-Bunk'd and ­De-Natured: Tweenage TV Comedy in the Artificial Outdoors (Daniel F. Yezbick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiversity at Face Value: Bizaardvark's \"Diversity\" Problem (Jayne M. Simpson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre You My Mother? Narrative Frames in Andi Mack's Grandfamilies and Teenage Pregnancy (Andrea B. Baker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat's So Raven's Home and Boy Meets Girl Meets World: Recursion, Revival and ­Multi-Generational Dialogues (Michelle Anya Anjirbag)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren of Queer Bodies: Disney Channel Original Movies as Social Justice Narratives in Descendants 2 (Sara Austin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040479740247,"sku":"9781476681948","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476681948.jpg?v=1750946885","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disney-channel-tween-programming-9781476681948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}