Reading Sex and the City.
Title:
Reading Sex and the City.
Author:
McCabe, Janet.
ISBN:
9780857716156
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Series:
Reading Contemporary Television
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction: Welcome to the age of un-innocence -- i. Sex, Sexuality and Relationships -- 1. 'What's the harm in believing?' Mr Big, Mr Perfect and the romantic quest for Sex and the City's Mr Right -- 2. The museum of unnatural history: male freaks and Sex and the City -- 3. Sexuality in the ciy -- ii. Socio-Sexual Identities and the Single Girl -- 4. Orgasms and empowerment: Sex and the City and the third wave feminism -- 5. Sister Carrie meets Carrie Bradshaw: exploring progress, politics and the single woman in Sex and the City and beyond -- 6. Sex and the citizen in Sex and the City's New York -- iii. Fashion and Cultural Identities -- 7. 'Fashion is the fifth character': fashion, costume and character in Sex and the City -- 8. Sex and the City: a fashion editor's dream? -- 9. 'My Manolos, my self': Manolo Blahnik, shoes and desire -- iv. Narrative, Genre and Intertextuality -- 10. Neurotic in New York: the Woody Allen touches in Sex and the City -- 11. Sex, confession and witness -- 12. Ms Parker and the Vicious Circle: female narrative and humour in Sex and the City -- v. Fandom, Flânerie and Desiring Identity -- 13. In love with Sarah Jessica Parker: celebrating female fandom and friendship in Sex and the City -- 14. Through a glass, malarkey -- 15. Outsiders in the City -- Carried away in Manhattan -- 17. Coulda', shoulda', Prada: shopping for Satori and strappy sandals in Sex and the City -- Episode Guide -- Film and Tv Guide -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
HBO's hit series Sex and the City has a huge international fanbase and has picked up major awards, yet until now it has received little critical attention. This highly readable critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for TV comedy drama, discussing its position in an increasingly complex television landscape, and pioneers innovative approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book explores, among many other issues, female fandom and fan culture; fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr Right; third wave feminism; sex and the single girl and indeed sex and the citizen. The book includes a full episode guide and a map of Sex and the City's New York._x000D_ _x000D_ I.B.TAURIS BESTSELLER 2004_x000D_ _x000D_ The editors have managed to mirror the show's fine balancing act between breezy and serious. Sex and the City - and this book - illustrate not only that feminism is alive and well, but that good writing by and about women is too. - The Irish Times.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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