Television Dramas and the Global Village

Diana I. Ríos; Carolyn A. Lin

doi:10.5771/9781793613530

Summary

This book discusses the role of television drama series on a global scale, analyzing these dramas across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Contributors consider the role of television dramas as economically valuable cultural products and with their depictions of gender roles, sexualities, race, cultural values, political systems, and religious beliefs as they analyze how these programs allow us to indulge our innate desire to share human narratives in a way that binds us together and encourages audiences to persevere as a community on a global scale. Contributors also go on to explore the role of television dramas as a medium that indulges fantasies and escapism and reckons with reality as it allows audiences to experience emotions of happiness, sorrow, fear, and outrage in both realistic and fantastical scenarios.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1352-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1353-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 320
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
1. Television Dramas as Storytellers of Race and Gender for the Global Village No access
2. References No access
1. 1. Framework and Methodology No access
  2. The Sociopolitical Commentary of Luke Cage No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
2. 1. Understanding Gender and Race in Science Fiction No access
  2. Case Study: Doctor Who’s 13th Doctor No access
  3. Method No access
  4. Analysis No access
  5. Fan Responses to a Reimagined Doctor Who No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
3. 1. Twin Peaks as Postmodern Gothic No access
  2. Inland Empire: A Woman in Trouble No access
  3. Postmodern Gothic No access
  4. A Place both Wonderful and Strange No access
  5. “We Live Inside a Dream” No access
  6. Concluding with Complex Television: A Woman in What Kind of Trouble? No access
  7. References No access
4. 1. Game of Thrones Overview and Viewing Trends No access
  2. Gender Representation: Heroines, Tough Girls, Violent Women No access
  3. Sisters and Agency: Different Paths No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
5. 1. A Walt Disney Company Program No access
  2. A Family Television Fantasy Drama No access
  3. The Island, an Enchanted Kingdom No access
  4. Racial and Cultural Stereotypes No access
  5. A Global “Content Series” No access
  6. Flexible Identities No access
  7. The Island, a Global Village No access
  8. A Discourse of Reconciliation No access
  9. Conclusion No access
  10. References No access
1. 1. Phase I: Pakistani Drama and Progressive Movement No access
  2. Phase II: Islamization and Gendering in Teledramas No access
  3. Phase III: Drama in Post-Islamization Period and Women’s Empowerment No access
  4. Phase IV: Pakistani Drama Serials and New Womanhood No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Telenovelas and Gender Violence in Brazil No access
  2. Research Methodology and Analytical Corpus No access
  3. Paradigms of Gender Violence Representation No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
3. 1. From Marseille to Montpellier: France Represented in Two Dramas No access
  2. The Series as Part of the Cultural Industry, Reflecting Social Worlds No access
  3. Un Si Grand Soleil: An Industrial, Delocalized and Mass-produced Series No access
  4. Work at the Regional Level and Social Worlds: Places and People No access
  5. Contemporary Narrative Arcs as Possible Mirrors of Diversity No access
  6. Audience Engagement No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
4. 1. Background on Brazilian Television No access
  2. The Telenovela Narrative Format No access
  3. The Relationship Between the Telenovela Narrative and the Audience No access
  4. Telenovelas Tapping into New Media No access
  5. Telenovelas Sliding from Television to Digital Platforms No access
  6. Concluding Remarks No access
  7. References No access
1. 1. Visual Images of Korean Dramas No access
  2. Cultural Value Appeal No access
  3. Transcultural Fandom No access
  4. Transcultural Identity No access
  5. Viewing Gratifications No access
  6. Social Capital No access
  7. Proposed Conceptual Framework No access
  8. Research Propositions No access
  9. Conclusion No access
  10. References No access
2. 1. Methodology No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. References No access
3. 1. Television Series No access
  2. The Civil Rights Movement No access
  3. The Women’s Liberation Movement No access
  4. The Sexual Revolution No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
4. 1. Chinese Television in the Reform Era: Cultural Hegemony via Edutainment No access
  2. Rhetorical Study of Media Texts No access
  3. A Burkeian Scene/Agent Analysis No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
5. 1. The 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iranian Television Serials No access
  2. The IRIB Policy on the Portrays of Women in Television Serials No access
  3. Theoretical Background No access
  4. Methods No access
  5. Analysis of Female and Male Characters No access
  6. Discussion and Implications No access
  7. References No access
1. 1. Black Male Characters on Television No access
  2. Black Masculine Identity Model No access
  3. Meet Mary Jane Paul No access
  4. Research Method No access
  5. Results No access
  6. The Men of Being Mary Jane No access
  7. Conclusion: The Sophisticated Strategy of Representation No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. Insecure: The HBO Comedy Drama Series No access
  2. Theoretical Framework No access
  3. Literature Review No access
  4. Research Method No access
  5. Findings and Discussion No access
  6. Issa Dee: A Complex Character No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
3. 1. Maternity Leave and Mediated Motherhood No access
  2. Searching for Television Moms No access
  3. Method: Thematic Analysis No access
  4. Findings No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
1. 1. Birmingham as It Is Captured and Conjured in Peaky Blinders No access
  2. Taxonomies of Race and Ethnicity in Peaky Blinders No access
  3. The Shelbys’ Whiteness within a Matrix of Ethno-Racial Otherness No access
  4. Modeling Strategic Multiculturalism: Forging Alliances with Ethnic Others No access
  5. History for Lease: Helping Audiences Embrace Legacies of Whiteness No access
  6. From Peaky Stories to Contemporary Fandoms: Exporting Heritage and Whiteness No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. South African Television and Crime Television Series No access
  2. Zero Tolerance: From Policing Mantra to Television Drama No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. Theoretical Framework No access
  2. Research Questions No access
  3. Method No access
  4. Results No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. Limitations and Directions for Future Research No access
  7. References No access
Index No access Pages 307 - 316
Contributors No access Pages 317 - 320