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This book examines the representation of infertility, assisted
reproduction, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy in a wide range
of media, including blogs, vlogs, social media posts and factual
programming. In so doing, it illustrates how pregnancy loss,
involuntary childlessness and non-traditional mothering are being
depicted across the media landscape. Whilst the topic of motherhood
has emerged as a significant area of academic debate, narratives of
unsuccessful or unconventional mothering have remained largely
absent, even at a time when there is a growing conversation about
infertility online. Timely, pertinent and original, the book
demonstrates the importance of a broader and more informed cultural
discussion about fertility and family building.
This book examines the representation of infertility, assisted
reproduction, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy in a wide range
of media, including blogs, vlogs, social media posts and factual
programming. In so doing, it illustrates how pregnancy loss,
involuntary childlessness and non-traditional mothering are being
depicted across the media landscape. Whilst the topic of motherhood
has emerged as a significant area of academic debate, narratives of
unsuccessful or unconventional mothering have remained largely
absent, even at a time when there is a growing conversation about
infertility online. Timely, pertinent and original, the book
demonstrates the importance of a broader and more informed cultural
discussion about fertility and family building.
'From Happy Homemaker to Desperate Housewives: Motherhood and
Popular Television' is a comprehensive and accessible introduction
to key debates concerning the representations of motherhood,
motherwork and the maternal role in contemporary television
programming. The volume looks at the construction of motherhood in
the ostensibly female genre of soap opera; the mother as housewife
in the domestic situation comedy; deviant, desiring and delinquent
motherwork in the teen drama; the single working mother in the
contemporary dramedy; the fragile and failing mother of reality
parenting television; the serene and selfless celebrity motherhood
profile; and the new mother in reality pregnancy and childbirth
television. 'Motherhood and Popular Television' examines the
depiction of motherhood in this wide range of popular television
genres in order to illustrate how the maternal role is being
constructed, circulated and interrogated in contemporary factual
and fictional programming, paying particular attention to the ways
in which such images can be seen to challenge or conform to the
ideal image of the 'good' mother that dominates the contemporary
cultural landscape.
This book is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key
debates concerning the representation of masculinities in a wide
range of popular television genres. The volume looks at the
depiction of public masculinity in the soap opera, homosexuality in
the situation comedy, the portrayal of fatherhood in prime-time
animation, emerging manhood in the supernatural teen text,
alternative gender roles in science fiction, male authority in the
police series, masculine anxieties in the hospital drama, violence
and aggression in sports coverage, ordinariness and emotional
connectedness in the reality game show, and domesticity in
lifestyle television. Masculinity and Popular Television examines
the ways in which masculinities are being constructed, circulated
and interrogated in contemporary British and American programming,
and considers the ways in which such images can be understood in
relation to the 'common sense' model of the hegemonic male that is
said to dominate the cultural landscape. Key Features *Offers a
clear and comprehensive overview of existing theoretical debates
concerning the representation of masculinities on the small screen.
*Explores various representations of masculinities across a wide
range of popular television genres. *Draws on a broad range of
today's most critically and commercially successful television
programmes in order to make the volume both accessible and
enjoyable for the reader.
With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space
between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body,
Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her
rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection
examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts
and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the
centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new
boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "simple" selfie). While
this collection addresses the claim of the tomboy as being
antiquated or even "problematic," it more vigorously offers
examples of where she is thriving and benefiting from her tomboy
identity. Ultimately, this book underscores the tomboy's legacy as
well as why she is still relevant, if not needed, today.
Current characters in children's entertainment media illustrate a
growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert
traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture
books to animated television series, children's entertainment media
around the world has consistently depicted stereotypically
traditional gender roles and heterosexual relationships as the
normal way that people act and engage with one another. Heroes,
Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and
Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media examines
how this media ecology now includes a presence for
nonheteronormative genders and sexualities. It considers
representations of such identities in various media products (e.g.,
comic books, television shows, animated films, films, children's
literature) meant for children (e.g., toddlers to teenagers). The
contributors seek to identify and understand characterizations that
go beyond these traditional understandings of gender and sexuality.
By doing so, they explore these nontraditional representations and
consider what they say about the current state of children's
entertainment media, popular culture, and global acceptance of
these gender identities and sexualities.
Current characters in children's entertainment media illustrate a
growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert
traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture
books to animated television series, children's entertainment media
around the world has consistently depicted stereotypically
traditional gender roles and heterosexual relationships as the
normal way that people act and engage with one another. Heroes,
Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and
Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media examines
how this media ecology now includes a presence for
nonheteronormative genders and sexualities. It considers
representations of such identities in various media products (e.g.,
comic books, television shows, animated films, films, children's
literature) meant for children (e.g., toddlers to teenagers). The
contributors seek to identify and understand characterizations that
go beyond these traditional understandings of gender and sexuality.
By doing so, they explore these nontraditional representations and
consider what they say about the current state of children's
entertainment media, popular culture, and global acceptance of
these gender identities and sexualities.
From Supernanny to Gilmore Girls, from Katie Price to Holly
Willoughby, a wide range of examples of mothers and motherhood
appear on television today. Drawing on questionnaires completed by
mothers across the UK, this book sheds new light on the varied and
diverse ways in which expectant, new and existing mothers make
sense of popular representations of motherhood on television. The
volume examines the ways in which these women find pleasure,
empowerment, escapist fantasy, displeasure and frustration in
popular depictions of motherhood. The research seeks to present the
voice of the maternal audience and, as such, it takes as its
starting point those maternal depictions and motherwork
representations that are highlighted by this demographic, including
figures such as Tess Daly and Katie Hopkins and programmes like
TeenMom and Kirstie Allsopp's oeuvre.
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