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