{"product_id":"9781784533625","title":"Television Comedy and Femininity Queering Gender","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLibrary of Gender and Popular Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTelevision Comedy and Femininity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eQueering Gender\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRosie White | Claire Nally | Angela Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eGames \u0026amp; Activities \/ Board Games\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan comedy on television harbour elements of gender transgression or subversion? If a man is permitted to be 'funny peculiar' – playing the underdog or misfit – does a woman seem stranger in his place? \u003cbr\u003eMapping examples from British and American comedy television over the past 60 years, from \u003ci\u003eI Love Lucy \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Big Bang Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmack the Pony \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eWaiting For God\u003c\/i\u003e, this book asks: are particular forms of television comedy gendered in specific ways? Paying attention to series which have not been addressed in academic work, as well as more established shows, White offers fresh insights for the fields of television studies, gender and women's studies, cultural history and comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRosie White is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Theory and Popular Culture at Northumbria University, Newcastle, U.K. She is author of Violent Femmes: Women as Spies in Popular Culture (2008) and numerous articles on feminism and women in film and television.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 November 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eI.B. Tauris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781784533625\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335412629644,"sku":"9781784533625","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_79c9756f-e1ac-4a51-9918-eec4d6a6fd92.jpg?v=1788030296","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781784533625","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}