Peak TV's Unapologetic Jewish Woman
Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy- Authors:
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- 2022
Summary
Peak TV’s Unapologetic Jewish Woman: Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy analyzes the ways in which contemporary American television—with its unprecedented choice, diversity, and authenticity—is establishing a new version of the Jewish woman and a new take on American Jewish female identity that challenges the stereotypes of Jewish femininity proliferated on television since its inception. Using case studies of streaming, cable, and network comedy series from the past decade written and created by Jewish women, including Broad City, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, among others, this book illustrates how this new Jewish woman has been given voice and agency by the bevy of Jewish female showrunners interested in telling stories about Jewish women for wider audiences.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2022
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-7936-3315-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-7936-3316-3
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 234
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- “Allow Me to Introduce Myself, I’m Another Person in the Room” No access Pages 1 - 14
- “The Situation’s a Lot More Nuanced Than That” No access Pages 15 - 54
- A Modern Jewish Big Mouth in 1950s New York No access Pages 55 - 100
- Precarious Broads, Difficult Girls, and Baby Grown-Ups No access Pages 101 - 152
- The (New) Dysfunctional Jewish Family No access Pages 153 - 188
- Where Do We Go from Here? No access Pages 189 - 208
- Bibliography No access Pages 209 - 214
- Index No access Pages 215 - 232
- About the Author No access Pages 233 - 234





