"This book analyzes how contemporary representations of Jewish women on television challenge stereotypes of Jewish femininity, using a variety of series created by Jewish women to explore how this self-representation and evolving industry practices have come together to establish new, more diverse paradigms of Jewish femininity"-- Provided by publisher.
Title |
Peak TV's unapologetic Jewish woman : exploring Jewish female representation in contemporary television comedy / Samantha Pickette. |
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Related place |
Lanham (Md.)-place of publication |
Publisher |
Lanham : Lexington Books |
Creation Date |
[2023] |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Content |
Introduction: "Allow Me to Introduce Myself, I'm Another Person in the Room": Contextualizing the Role of the Jewish Woman in Classic Television Comedy -- "The Situation's a Lot More Nuanced Than That": Jewish Mothers, JAPs, and the Correlation between Mental Illness and Jewish Female "Craziness" in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend -- A Modern Jewish Big Mouth in 1950s New York: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as a Contemporary Reimagining of the Midcentury Jewish Woman -- Precarious Broads, Difficult Girls, and Baby Grown-Ups: Defining the Unapologetic Jewess on Broad City and Difficult People -- The (New) Dysfunctional Jewish Family: Jewish Mothers and Jewish Family Life on Network, Cable, and Streaming Television -- Where Do We Go from Here?: Looking Ahead towards New Possibilities for Jewish Female Representation in Television Comedy |
Series |
Jewish women in the Americas |
Extent |
ix, 233 pages 24 cm. |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2023 |
National Library system number |
997012440875505171 |
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