Television Dramas and the Global Village: Storytelling Through Race and Gender
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2022), ix, 320 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-79361-352-3 (hbk); 978-1-79361-353-0 (ebook)
"This book discusses the role of television drama series on a global scale, analyzing these dramas across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Contributors consider the role of television dramas as economically valuable cultural products and with their depictions of gender roles, sexualities, race, cultural values, political systems, and religious beliefs as they analyze how these programs allow us to indulge our innate desire to share human narratives in a way that binds us together and encourages audiences to persevere as a community on a global scale. Contributors also go on to explore the role of television dramas as a medium that indulges fantasies and escapism and reckons with reality as it allows audiences to experience emotions of happiness, sorrow, fear, and outrage in both realistic and fantastical scenarios." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Television Dramas as Storytellers of Race and Gender for the Global Village / Diana I. Rios and Carolyn A. Lin
SECTION I. FANTASY-SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, AND MYSTERY
1 Luke Cage is Harlem's Captain America: Black Masculinity and Vulnerability in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Graeme John Wilson
2 Doctor Who's 13th Doctor: Redefining the Female Lead in Science Fiction Television / Gwendelyn S. Nisbett and Newly Paul
3 A Woman in Trouble in Twin Peaks: The Return: Gothic Texts, Magical Technology, and Dreams Within Dreams / Joseph Boisvere
4 Arya and Sansa Stark of HBO's The Game of Thrones: Abuse, Agency, Trauma Survival, and Redefined Destinies / Diana I. Rios, Mary Helen Millham, Karin A. Haberlin, and Graciela Quiñones-Rodriguez
5 The Protagonists of the Fantasy Drama Lost: From Stereotypes to Flexible Identities / Jérôme David
SECTION II. SOAP OPERAS AND TELENOVELAS
6 Pakistan Television Drama Serials and Telenovelas During Fifty Years: Gendering in Different Political Regimes / Saleem Abbas
7 Primetime Brazilian Telenovelas and Gender Violence Representation / Lorena Caminhas
8 French Television and the Audience: Examining Serial Dramas Un Si Grand Soleil and Plus Belle La Vie / Patricia Jullia and Frédéric Marty
9 Brazilian Telenovelas and Multi-platform Audiences: Overviews and Industry Insights / Rosane Svartman
SECTION III. HISTORICAL AND PERIOD DRAMA
10 Korean Historical Television Dramas: Cultural Meanings, Confucian Values, and Transcultural Identities / Suji Park and Carolyn A. Lin
11 Thoroughly (Un)Modern Downton Abbey: Interrogating Gender/Sexual Dynamics and Whiteness Boundaries / Gordon Alley-Young
12 From The Crown to Madmen: Historical Television as Commentary on 21st Century Ideologies / Nettie Brock
13 The Story of Zheng Yang Gate: Chinese Television Representation of Female Entrepreneurs / Mei Zhang
14 Exploring Gendering in Iranian Television Drama Serials / Ali Zohoori
SECTION IV. COMEDY-DRAMA
15 Being a Black Man on Being Mary Jane: Considering Complexities of Black Masculinity in a Female-centric Drama / George L. Daniels
16 HBO's Insecure and Issa Dee: Black Women's Interpretations on Facebook / Morgan W. Smalls
17 Pregnancy and the Back-to-Work Narrative: How Television Comedy-Dramas Navigate the Social Norms of Motherhood / Elizabeth Fish Hatfield
SECTION V. CRIME AND MEDICAL DRAMA
18 Historical Drama Peaky Blinders: Pitching Racial Allegiances and Ethnocentric Populism / Inna Arzumanova
19 Zero Tolerance: Genre and the Politics of Reconciliation in a South African Crime Show / Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk
20 Doctor(ed) Representations: Physician Portrayals on Medical Television Shows / David Lynn Painter, Sarah Parsloe, and Hannah Jureller
SECTION I. FANTASY-SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, AND MYSTERY
1 Luke Cage is Harlem's Captain America: Black Masculinity and Vulnerability in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Graeme John Wilson
2 Doctor Who's 13th Doctor: Redefining the Female Lead in Science Fiction Television / Gwendelyn S. Nisbett and Newly Paul
3 A Woman in Trouble in Twin Peaks: The Return: Gothic Texts, Magical Technology, and Dreams Within Dreams / Joseph Boisvere
4 Arya and Sansa Stark of HBO's The Game of Thrones: Abuse, Agency, Trauma Survival, and Redefined Destinies / Diana I. Rios, Mary Helen Millham, Karin A. Haberlin, and Graciela Quiñones-Rodriguez
5 The Protagonists of the Fantasy Drama Lost: From Stereotypes to Flexible Identities / Jérôme David
SECTION II. SOAP OPERAS AND TELENOVELAS
6 Pakistan Television Drama Serials and Telenovelas During Fifty Years: Gendering in Different Political Regimes / Saleem Abbas
7 Primetime Brazilian Telenovelas and Gender Violence Representation / Lorena Caminhas
8 French Television and the Audience: Examining Serial Dramas Un Si Grand Soleil and Plus Belle La Vie / Patricia Jullia and Frédéric Marty
9 Brazilian Telenovelas and Multi-platform Audiences: Overviews and Industry Insights / Rosane Svartman
SECTION III. HISTORICAL AND PERIOD DRAMA
10 Korean Historical Television Dramas: Cultural Meanings, Confucian Values, and Transcultural Identities / Suji Park and Carolyn A. Lin
11 Thoroughly (Un)Modern Downton Abbey: Interrogating Gender/Sexual Dynamics and Whiteness Boundaries / Gordon Alley-Young
12 From The Crown to Madmen: Historical Television as Commentary on 21st Century Ideologies / Nettie Brock
13 The Story of Zheng Yang Gate: Chinese Television Representation of Female Entrepreneurs / Mei Zhang
14 Exploring Gendering in Iranian Television Drama Serials / Ali Zohoori
SECTION IV. COMEDY-DRAMA
15 Being a Black Man on Being Mary Jane: Considering Complexities of Black Masculinity in a Female-centric Drama / George L. Daniels
16 HBO's Insecure and Issa Dee: Black Women's Interpretations on Facebook / Morgan W. Smalls
17 Pregnancy and the Back-to-Work Narrative: How Television Comedy-Dramas Navigate the Social Norms of Motherhood / Elizabeth Fish Hatfield
SECTION V. CRIME AND MEDICAL DRAMA
18 Historical Drama Peaky Blinders: Pitching Racial Allegiances and Ethnocentric Populism / Inna Arzumanova
19 Zero Tolerance: Genre and the Politics of Reconciliation in a South African Crime Show / Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk
20 Doctor(ed) Representations: Physician Portrayals on Medical Television Shows / David Lynn Painter, Sarah Parsloe, and Hannah Jureller
