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The Lifetime network : essays on "television for women" in the 21st century
- Title
- The Lifetime network : essays on "television for women" in the 21st century / edited by Emily L. Newman and Emily Witsell.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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- Description
- viii, 205 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This collection of new essays is the first to focus on Lifetime and the programs that helped define the network's brand that appeals to both viewers and advertisers. Series like Project Runway, Girlfriend Intervention and Army Wives are explored in depth. The contributors discuss the network's large opus of original films, as well at its online presence"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. Reality and internet programming -- "What did we teach you?" racialized sisterhood in Girlfriend intervention / Shelby L. Crosby and Susannah Bartlow -- "You too can make your own Lifetime movie": branded labor via Lifetime's movie mash-ups / Lindsay Giggey -- "One day you're in and the next day you're out": making Project Runway work from Bravo to Lifetime / Emily Witsell -- Part II. Original episodic programming -- Feminizing militainment: post/post-politics on Army Wives / Mary Douglas Vavrus -- "In extremis": unnatural selection in Lifetime's speculative fictions / Lisa K. Perdigao -- Part III. Original movies -- "She needs some food": eating disorders, Lifetime and the made-for-TV movie / Emily L. Newman -- "Your life. your time": addressing a fractured audience Through docudrama / Staci Stutsman -- Subversion of the final girl in rape revenge narratives and the normalization of violence against women in The tenth circle and The assault / Jenny Platz -- Conclusion; Lifetime at thirty: leading the way for women and television.
- Call Number
- MWGT 16-3928
- ISBN
- 9780786498307
- 0786498307
- LCCN
- 2016009384
- OCLC
- 933438463
- Title
- The Lifetime network : essays on "television for women" in the 21st century / edited by Emily L. Newman and Emily Witsell.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Newman, Emily L., 1982- editor.Witsell, Emily, 1983- editor.
- Research Call Number
- MWGT 16-3928