The Rise of the Anti-Heroine in TV's Third Golden Age

The Rise of the Anti-Heroine in TV's Third Golden Age
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 135
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ISBN-10 : 9781443816540
ISBN-13 : 144381654X
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Download or read book The Rise of the Anti-Heroine in TV's Third Golden Age written by Margaret Tally and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a stimulating perspective on the status of representations of a new kind of female character who emerged on the scene on US television in the mid-2000s, that of the anti-heroine. This new figure rivaled her earlier counterpart, the anti-hero, in terms of her complexity, and was multi-layered and morally flawed. Looking at the cable channels Showtime and HBO, as well as Netflix and ABC Television, this volume examines a range of recent television women and shows, including Homeland, Weeds, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, Veep, Girls, and Orange is the New Black as well as a host of other nighttime programs to demonstrate just how dominant the anti-heroine has become on US television. It examines how the figure has arisen within the larger context of the turn towards “Quality Television”, that has itself been viewed as part of the post-network era or the “Third Golden Age” of television where new forms of broadcast delivery have created a marketing incentive to deliver more compelling characters to niche audiences. By including an exploration of the historical circumstances, as well as the industrial context in which the anti-heroine became the dominant leading female character on nighttime television, the book offers a fascinating study that sits at the intersection of gender studies and television. As such, it will appeal to scholars of popular culture, sociology, cultural and media studies.


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