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Author Burns-Ardolino, Wendy A., author.

Title TV female foursomes and their fans : featuring The golden girls, Designing women, Living single, Sex and the city, Girlfriends, Cashmere mafia and Hot in Cleveland / Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carollina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages)
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Summary "The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland stand out as some of America's favorite television series. Their lovable "female foursome" characters engage in witty banter as they challenge American stereotypes about sex, love, family, work and community"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index.
Contents Introduction: why female foursomes? -- Beyond the binary: femininity and feminism on television -- Matriarchs, naïfs, Jezebels and virgins -- Queer telefeminism, gender trouble and female foursome friendships -- Unruly women, femme fatales, gold diggers and dixie bitches -- Sisterhood in the global city: career women, working moms and golden girls -- Having and not having it all: everywoman, superwoman and strongblackwoman -- Televised sisterhood and solidarity.
Note Print version record.
Subject Women on television.
Feminism on television.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) on television.
Television comedies -- United States -- History and criticism.
Television series -- United States -- History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Feminism on television. (OCoLC)fst01749633
Stereotypes (Social psychology) on television. (OCoLC)fst01762924
Television comedies. (OCoLC)fst01146832
Television series. (OCoLC)fst01720041
Women on television. (OCoLC)fst01178239
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form: Print version: Burns-Ardolino, Wendy A. TV female foursomes and their fans 9780786458523 (DLC) 2015043148 (OCoLC)930364174
ISBN 9781476622323 (electronic book)
1476622329 (electronic book)
Standard No. 40025602088
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