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Author:   Rachel Alicia Griffin ,  Michaela D.E. Meyer ,  Michaela D.E. Meyer ,  Rachel Alicia Griffin
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
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9780813596327

ISBN 10:   0813596327
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   10 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Riding Shondaland’s Rollercoasters: Critical Cultural Television Studies in the 21st Century Michaela D. E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin Part I: Quality Television’s Cultural Dominance: The Auteur Comes to Television Studies Chapter 1: Trauma, Spin, and Murder: The Carnival Spectacle in Shondaland Richard G. Jones, Jr. and Emily Vajjala Chapter 2: Wounded Detachments, Differential Alliances: Beyond Identity & Telos in Shondaland’s Heterotopia Joan Faber McAlister Chapter 3: Abortion in Shondaland: Daring Departures from Oppressive Industry Conventions Jessica L. Furgerson Chapter 4: Soundtracking Shondaland: Televisual Identity Mapped Through Music Jennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. Meyer Part II: Shondaland’s Paradoxical Identity Politics and the Fantastical “Post-” Chapter 5: Race (Lost and Found) in Shondaland: The Rise of Multiculuralism in Primetime Network Television Jade Petermon Chapter 6: Emb(Race)ing Visibility: Callie Torres’s (Im)Perfect Operation of Bisexuality on Grey’s Anatomy Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie Calafell Chapter 7: The Problematics of Postracial Colorblindness: Exploring Cristina Yang’s Asianness in Grey’s Anatomy Stephanie L. Young and Vincent Pham Chapter 8: Interracial Intimacies: From Shondaland to the Post-racial Promised Land Myra Washington and Tina M. Harris Part III: Consumption, Ethics, and Morality: Shondaland Fandom as Cultural Meaning Making Chapter 9: #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: Analyzing Divergent Fan Reactions to ‘The Lawn Chair’ Episode Mark P. Orbe Chapter 10: Blurring Production Boundaries with Fan Empowerment: Scandal as Social Television Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas Chapter 11: Media Criticism & Morality Policing on Twitter: Fan Responses to How to Get Away with Murder Melissa Ames Chapter 12: Dying for the Next Episode: Living and Working Within Shondaland’s Medical Universe Sean Swenson Notes on Contributors Index  

Reviews

Full of sophisticated analysis, this comprehensive and robust edited collection explores a diverse range of topics, including identity, representation, fandom, the media industry, and reception/meaning-making. Adventures in Shondaland is an impressive, necessary contribution to scholarship. --Robin R. Means Coleman coeditor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader

"""Full of sophisticated analysis, this comprehensive and robust edited collection explores a diverse range of topics, including identity, representation, fandom, the media industry, and reception/meaning-making. Adventures in Shondaland is an impressive, necessary contribution to scholarship."" -- Robin R. Means Coleman * coeditor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader * ""This is a must-read collection of research and essays on the showrunner whose shows have transformed must-see TV in the age of social media. Insightful, critical—and fun."" -- Catherine R. Squires * author of The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century * ""Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list, by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education * "" Recommended."" * Choice * With Good Reason Radio ""The Shondaland Revolution"" interview with Michaela D. E. Meyer * With Good Reason Radio * ""Offers a thorough account of the complex politics of representation in Shondaland and offers important insights for readers in television studies, feminist media studies and critical race studies."" * Critical Studies in Television *"

This is a must-read collection of research and essays on the showrunner whose shows have transformed must-see TV in the age of social media. Insightful, critical--and fun. --Catherine R. Squires author of The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century Full of sophisticated analysis, this comprehensive and robust edited collection explores a diverse range of topics, including identity, representation, fandom, the media industry, and reception/meaning-making. Adventures in Shondaland is an impressive, necessary contribution to scholarship. --Robin R. Means Coleman coeditor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader

Author Information

RACHEL ALICIA GRIFFIN is an associate professor of race and communication at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.  MICHAELA D.E. MEYER is a professor in the department of communication at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.   

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