Research Catalog

Title

Adventures in ShondaLand : identity politics and the power of representation / edited by Rachel Alicia Griffin and Michaela D. E. Meyer.

Publication

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Griffin, Rachel Alicia
• Meyer, Michaela D. E.

Description

viii, 268 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey's Anatomy (2005 - Present), she has successfully debuted Private Practice (2007-2013), Scandal (2012 - Present), How to Get Away with Murder (2014 - Present), and The Catch (2015 - Present). Rhimes's work is attentive to identity politics, "post-" identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues such as: adoption, parenthood, extramarital affairs, organ donation, infertility, bereavement and death, beauty and body politics, mental and physical health, sexual violence, mass violence, natural disasters, and war. This volume serves as a means to theorize Rhimes's contributions and influence by inspiring provocative conversations about television as a deeply politicized institution and exploring how Rhimes fits into the implications of 21st century television. Each chapter showcases complex interpretations of "Shondaland" and engages paradoxical elements of Rhimes's influence as the most successful black female showrunner in the history of network television. In separate sections that focus on industry and production, text, and audience, Adventures in Shondaland engages questions such as: how is Rhimes's positionality as a black woman relevant to this contemporary moment in the history of television? How do intersectional representations of television function paradoxically in contemporary society amid social protests for inclusion and equality? What is the public pedagogy of Rhimes' characters/storylines/shows? This is the first collection to focus on Rhimes and her successful shows and explores industry and audience implications alongside textual examinations"--

Subjects

• Television broadcasting > Social aspects
• Women television producers and directors
• African American television producers and directors
• Rhimes, Shonda > Criticism and interpretation
• Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States
• Women television producers and directors > United States
• African American women screenwriters
• ShondaLand (Firm) History
• History
• United States
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. Riding Shondaland's rollercoasters: critical cultural television studies in the 21st century / Michaela D.E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin -- Pt. 1. Quality television's cultural dominance: the auteur comes to television studies. Trauma, spin, and murder: the carnival spectacle in Shondaland / Richard G. Jones Jr. and Emily Vajjala ; Wounded detachments, differential alliances: beyond identity and telos in Shondaland's heterotopia / Joan Faber Mcalister ; Abortion in Shondaland: daring departures from oppressive industry conventions / Jessica L. Furgerson ; Soundtracking Shondaland: television identity mapped through music / Jennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. Meyer -- Pt. 2. Shondaland's paradoxical identity politics and the fantastical "Post". Race (lost and found) in Shondaland: the rise of multiculturalism in prime-time network television / Jade Petermon ; Emb(Race)ing visibility: Callie Torre's(Im)perfect operation of bisexuality on Grey's Anatomy / Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie Calafell ; The problematics of postracial colorblindness: exploring Cristina Yang's Asianness in Grey's Anatomy / Stephanie L. Young and Vincent Pham ; Interracial intimacies: from Shondaland to the postracial promised land / Myra Washington and Tina M. Harris -- Pt. 3. Consumption, ethics, and morality: Shondaland fandom as cultural meaning making. #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: analyzing divergent fan reactions to "The Lawn Chair" episode / Mark P. Orbe ; Blurring production boundaries with fan empowerment: Scandal as social television / Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas ; Media criticism and morality policing on Twitter: fan responses to How to Get Away with Murder / Melissa Ames ; Dying for the next episode: living and working within Shondaland's medical universe / Sean Swenson.

Call Number

Sc E 18-1095

ISBN

• 9780813596327
• 0813596327
• 9780813596310
• 0813596319

LCCN

2018004645

OCLC

1029094999

Title

Adventures in ShondaLand : identity politics and the power of representation / edited by Rachel Alicia Griffin and Michaela D. E. Meyer.

Publisher

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Griffin, Rachel Alicia, editor.

Meyer, Michaela D. E., editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 18-1095