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Book SynopsisFriends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of ourselves as individuals, ourselves as in relationships with others, and ourselves as a part of the world. This book will appeal to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, and popular culture studies.
Trade ReviewBringing together a diverse group of scholars, Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community explores the various ways that television shapes our many relationships in life. Taking seriously the role that television (and television-like content) plays in our life, the authors make nuanced and careful arguments about love and romance, family and friends, identity and culture, and fandom and community. From Christmas television movies to Veronica Mars, from Arrested Development to Mad Men, the range of topics are as diverse as the television content analyzed. For those with even a passing interest in the development of contemporary television content, this is must-read scholarship! -- Paul Booth, DePaul University
Table of ContentsIntroduction Mary Erickson Chapter 1: All I Want for Christmas is You: ’Tis the Season for Holiday Romance David Staton and Kathleen M. Ryan Chapter 2: “HBIC”: I Love New York, Dominant Ideology, and African American Women’s Relationships Siobhan E. Smith Chapter 3: “There’s an app for that”: Teens Using Technology to Control Gender Behavior in the Disney Channel Original Movies Zapped and How to Build a Better Boy Sabrina K. Pasztor Chapter 4: “The Man Inside Me”: A Freudian Analysis of Familial Relationships in Arrested Development Noah J. Springer Chapter 5: Fatherhood, Fidelity, and Friendship: Owen Thoreau Jr. and Men of a Certain Age Jan Whitt Chapter 6: “The Suitcase” and “The Strategy”: The Pro-Family Feminist Bond Between Mad Men Protagonists Don Draper and Peggy Olson Jane Marcellus and Erika Engstrom Chapter 7: The Primetime Drama and the Centrality of Hegemonic Masculinity in Rape Narratives Teri Del Rosso and Lauren Bratslavsky Chapter 8: A Rhetorical Vision of Tolerance: Teaching Tolerance through Post-9/11 TV Dramas William Hart and Fran Hassencahl Chapter 9: Television, Sports and Twitter: Building Soccer Communities Around the World John Shrader Chapter 10: Something To Look Forward To: Understanding the Appeal of Ritualistic Television Coviewing Events Elizabeth L. Cohen & Alexander L. Lancaster Chapter 11: Kickstarting Veronica Mars: Rekindling a Parasocial Relationship Kathryn L. Lookadoo and Norman C. H. Wong
