Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama
Representing Gendered Experiences of the Second World War
Authors: Mahoney, Cat
Free Preview- Demonstrates that postfeminism, far from being a spent force, remains a structuring need in representations of women’s history on television
- Offers a new perspective to debates on representations of women’s experiences of the Second World War and moves the discussion beyond questions regarding historical accuracy
- Elaborates on the relationship between television and cultural memory and the importance of television as a site of memory and identity construction for groups whose stories are marginalised in mainstream histories
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“In this insightful book, Cat Mahoney offers a fascinating analysis of contemporary TV dramas such as Home Fires, Land Girls and The Bletchley Circle. Developing the idea that history is told through the preoccupations of the present, she argues compellingly that these are postfeminist dramas which work through troubling ideas about heteronormative romance, domesticity, beauty and whiteness, while reinforcing the idea that feminism as a political movement is not necessary. A bold and original contribution to television studies, gender studies and popular history.”
̶ Rosalind Gill, City, University of London, UK
- About the authors
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Cat Mahoney is a Research and Impact Administrator at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has published on the representation of female participation in the Second World War in Frames Cinema Journal as well as the edited collection The Past in Visual Culture: Essays on Memory, Nostalgia and the Media of which she is co-editor.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Relative Tensions
Pages 1-20
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Finding a Feminine Space in Female Ensemble Drama: Postfeminist Visions of Female Liberation in Land Girls
Pages 21-44
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The Horror of Transgressive Femininity in The Bletchley Circle
Pages 45-69
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Marvel’s Agent Carter: [Peggy Punches Him in the Face]
Pages 71-100
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Home Fires: Deconstructing the Domestic Ideal
Pages 101-129
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama
- Book Subtitle
- Representing Gendered Experiences of the Second World War
- Authors
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- Cat Mahoney
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-30449-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-30449-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-30448-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 134
- Topics