5. TEEN PROGRAMMING: ISOLATION, ALIENATION AND EMERGING MANHOOD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION: THEORISING MASCULINITIES ON THE SMALL SCREEN 1
4. 2. SOAP OPERA: THE MALE ROLE IN THE WOMEN’S GENRE 7
5. 3. SITUATION COMEDY: HOMOSEXUALITY AND MALE CAMARADERIE 20
6. 4. ANIMATION: MASCULINITY IN THE NUCLEAR FAMILY 32
7. 5. TEEN PROGRAMMING: ISOLATION, ALIENATION AND EMERGING MANHOOD 45
8. 6. SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY TELEVISION: CHALLENGING DOMINANT GENDER ROLES 56
9. 7. HOSPITAL DRAMA: REASSURANCE, ANXIETY AND THE DOCTOR-HERO 68
10. 8. POLICE AND CRIME DRAMA: INVESTIGATING MALE AUTHORITY 80
11. 9. SPORTS: MEDIA EVENTS AND MASCULINE DISCOURSE 94
12. 10. REALITY TELEVISION: ORDINARINESS, EXHIBITIONISM AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 106
13. 11. LIFESTYLE: DOMESTIC LABOUR AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES 124
14. 12. ADVERTISING: SOCIAL LIFE, SOCIAL STANDING AND SEX 138
15. 13. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF MASCULINITY ON TELEVISION 153
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 157
17. INDEX 175