Difficult Women on Television Drama

Name: Difficult Women on Television Drama
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Difficult Women on Television DramaThe Gender Politics Of Complex Women In Serial Narratives\nAuthor(s): Isabel Pinedo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367468675, 978-0367468675\nSynopsis\nDifficult Women on Television Drama analyses select case studies from international TV dramas to examine the unresolved feminist issues they raise or address: equal labor force participation, the demand for sexual pleasure and freedom, opposition to sexual and domestic violence, and the need for intersectional approaches. Drawing on examples from The Killing, Orange is the New Black, Big Little Lies, Wentworth, Outlander, Westworld, Being Mary Jane, Queen Sugar, Vida, and other television dramas with a focus on complex female characters, this book illustrates how female creative control in key production roles (direct authorship) together with industrial imperatives and a conducive cultural context (indirect authorship) are ne.