Searching the soul of Ally McBeal : critical essays / edited by Elwood Watson.

Title
  1. Searching the soul of Ally McBeal : critical essays / edited by Elwood Watson.
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  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2006.

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Additional authors
  1. Watson, Elwood.
Description
  1. viii, 246 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "This collection of essays addresses the question "Is Feminism Dead?" as it relates to the presentation of women's behaviors, desires and images in Ally McBeal. It considers the challenges that women's sexuality presents to feminism and looks at feminist thought regarding female professionalism and contemporary marriage"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Ally McBeal (Television program)
  2. Ally McBeal
  3. Sex role on television
  4. Rôle selon le sexe à la télévision
  5. Sex role on television
  6. Fernsehen
  7. Erotik
  8. Gender roles
  9. USA
Contents
  1. Ally McBeal as a site of postmodern bodily boundaries and struggles over cultural interpretation: the hysteric as a site of feminist resistance / Patricia Leavy -- A truth universally (un)acknowledged: Ally McBeal, Bridget Jones's diary and the conflict between romantic love and feminism / Jessica Lyn Van Slooten -- Cultural occupancy, television reception, and multiple identifications in Ally McBeal / Susan E. McKenna -- The comic and the burlesque: a frame analysis of post-feminist values and female professionalism in Ally McBeal / Michele Hammers -- Ally McBeal and the death of feminism / Kristyn Gorton -- Female representation and the "postfeminist" challenge / Laurie Ouellette and Susan E. McKenna -- In Ms. McBeal's defense: assessing Ally McBeal as a feminist text / Amanda D. Lotz -- Worshipping at the altar of Barry White: Ally McBeal and racial and sexual politics in crisis / Jennifer Harris -- The angler, fish, and fishisms: universal themes and contemporary issues in a popular television series / Twyla Gibson -- It's more than just another silly love song: Ally McBeal brings the Hollywood musical to television / Diana Sandars -- Segments in an endless flow: narrative gaps and partial closure in Ally McBeal / Thomas Christen and Ursula Ganz-Blaettler.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
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