Adventures in Shondaland

Identity Politics and the Power of Representation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvRachel Alicia Griffin,Michaela D.E. Meyer,Michaela D. E. Meyer,Michaela D E Meyer

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Innovator Award for Edited Collection from the Central States Communication Association (CSCA)Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work is attentive to identity politics, “post-” identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues. Rhimes intentionally addresses these issues with diverse characters and story lines that center, for example, on interracial friendships and relationships, LGBTIQ relationships and parenting, the impact of disability on familial and work dynamics, and complex representations of womanhood. 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 twenty-first century television.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-09-10
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor278
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813596327

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ContentsIntroduction: Riding Shondaland’s Rollercoasters: Critical Cultural Television Studies in the 21st CenturyMichaela D. E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia GriffinPart I: Quality Television’s Cultural Dominance: The Auteur Comes to Television StudiesChapter 1: Trauma, Spin, and Murder: The Carnival Spectacle in ShondalandRichard G. Jones, Jr. and Emily VajjalaChapter 2: Wounded Detachments, Differential Alliances: Beyond Identity & Telos in Shondaland’s HeterotopiaJoan Faber McAlisterChapter 3: Abortion in Shondaland: Daring Departures from Oppressive Industry ConventionsJessica L. FurgersonChapter 4: Soundtracking Shondaland: Televisual Identity Mapped Through MusicJennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. MeyerPart 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 TelevisionJade PetermonChapter 6: Emb(Race)ing Visibility: Callie Torres’s (Im)Perfect Operation of Bisexuality on Grey’s AnatomyShadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie CalafellChapter 7: The Problematics of Postracial Colorblindness: Exploring Cristina Yang’s Asianness in Grey’s AnatomyStephanie L. Young and Vincent PhamChapter 8: Interracial Intimacies: From Shondaland to the Post-racial Promised LandMyra Washington and Tina M. HarrisPart III: Consumption, Ethics, and Morality: Shondaland Fandom as Cultural Meaning MakingChapter 9: #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: Analyzing Divergent Fan Reactions to ‘The Lawn Chair’ EpisodeMark P. OrbeChapter 10: Blurring Production Boundaries with Fan Empowerment: Scandal as Social TelevisionMary Ingram-Waters and Leslie BalderasChapter 11: Media Criticism & Morality Policing on Twitter: Fan Responses to How to Get Away with MurderMelissa AmesChapter 12: Dying for the Next Episode: Living and Working Within Shondaland’s Medical UniverseSean SwensonNotes on ContributorsIndex

"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)