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Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies' unique style and aesthetics is a consistent source of interest across these international and interdisciplinary scholarly critiques.
Alissa Burger is an associate professor of English and Director of Student Success at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri.
Table of ContentsIntroductionALISSA BURGER Part One: Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies1. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, “Quality,” and Contemporary DramaLORNA JOWETT 2. Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through IsolationMATT DAUPHIN 3. Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing DaisiesCHRISTINE GARBETT Part Two: Philosophy and Pushing Daisies4. Consuming Grief and EatingLAURA ANH WILLIAMS 5. “Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny”: Neuroses and Child’s PlayANN-GEE LEE 6. “Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He’s Done”: On Justice and SchadenfreudeCHRISTINE ANGELA KNOOP 7. “It’s a Destiny Thing—Enjoy It!”: Free Will and Determinism in Bryan Fuller’s SeriesPATRICK GILL Part Three: Gender and Pushing Daisies8. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing DaisiesDANIEL FARR 9. Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public SpaceTARA K. PARMITER 10. Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing DaisiesALISSA BURGER About the Contributors Index
