PART 1: HOUSEWIVES, HEROINES, FEMINISTS, 17
1 Everyday Life (Excerpt) / Michele Mattelart, 23
2 The Search for Tomorrow in Today's Soap Operas / Tania Modleski, 36
3 Affirmation and Denial: Construction of Femininity on Indian Television (Excerpts) / Prabha Krishnan And Anita Dighe, 48
4 Situation Comedy, Feminism, and Freud: Discourses of Gracie and Lucy / Patricia Mellencamp, 60
5 Roseanne: Unruly Woman as Domestic Goddess / Kathleen k. Rowe, 74
6 L A /.aw and Prime-Time Feminism / Judith Mayne, 84
7 Empowering Women? The Oprah Winfrey Show / Corinne Squire, 98
8 Identity in Feminist Television Criticism / Charlotte Brunsdon, 114
9 New Traditionalism and Post-Feminism: TV Does the Home / Elspeth Probyn, 126
PART 2: AUDIENCES AND RECEPTION CONTEXTS, 139
10 Women's Genres / Annette Kuhn, 145
11 Melodramatic Identifications: Television Fiction and Women's Fantasy / Ien Ang, 155
12 Black Feminism and Media Criticism: The Women of Brewster Place / Jacqueline Bobo and Ellen Seiter, 167
13 In Love with Inspector Morse / Lyn Thomas, 184
14 Fruitful Investigations: The Case of the Successful Lesbian Text / Hilary Hinds, 205
15 The Suburban Home Companion: Television and the Neighbourhood Ideal in Post-War America / Lynn Spigel, 211
16 Behind Closed Doors: Video Recorders in the Home / Ann Gray, 235
PART 3: PRIVATE BODIES, PUBLIC FIGURES, 247
17 Television Tales and a Woman's Rage: A Nationalist Recasting of Draupadi's 'Disrobing' / Purnima Mankekar, 253
18 Leading up to Roe v. Wade: Television Documentaries in the Abortion Debate / Julie D'acci, 273
19 The Ideology of Freshness in Feminine Hygiene Commercials / Kate Kane, 290
20 Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile / Tricia Rose, 300
21 The Gorgeous Lesbian in LA. Law. The Present Absence? / Rosanne Kennedy, 318
22 Reproducing Reality: Murphy Brown and Illegitimate Politics / Rebecca l. Walkowitz, 325
23 Representation Wars: Malaysia, Embassy, and Australia's Corps Diplomatique / Suvendrini Perera, 337