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Description

Following its meteoric rise, the Emmy award-winning series Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020) has become a cultural force with its catchphrases and meme-able moments. In Class, Identity, and Finding the Right Wine in Schitt’s Creek: A Place To Love, contributors focus on three central themes explored in the series: love, place, and identity. While considering the intersections of these themes, chapters analyze the representation of class, sexuality, community, self-growth, fashion, and fans, putting the show in dialogue with classic literature from Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens, as well as contextualizing it alongside its television peers and predecessors. The book argues that Schitt’s Creek, at its core, derives its power and impact from telling the story of a family whose members reconnect with each other while discovering their own individual selfhoods in the process. Employing philosophical and psychological interpretations, engaging with fan studies, trauma theory, and place studies, and applying feminist and queer readings, chapters offer a variety of lenses through which to read the show. Ultimately, the book argues that Schitt’s Creek’s inclusive ideologies and strongly formed characters encourage a process of self-growth and acceptance with an emotional and intellectual depth that recognizes the value of self and community.

Table of Contents

Introduction
James Deys and Kellie Deys

Chapter 1: “Merry Christmas, Johnny Rose”: Schitt’s Creek as an Aseasonal Christmas Show
Max Romanowski

Chapter 2: Queer Creek: Celebration, Inclusion, and Representation of the LGBTQ+ Community
Nikki Anderson

Chapter 3: Roses Blooming: Schitt’s Creek and Developing Self-Love
Kellie Deys

Chapter 4: “A Wealthy Family Who Lost Everything”: What Schitt’s Creek Says About Class and Culture in the 21st Century
Erin Giannini

Chapter 5: Schitt's Creek as Rural Fantasy: A Transformative Place to Love
James Deys?

Chapter 6: Far From the Madding Crowd: Modernity, Community, and the Rural Imagination in Schitt’s Creek
Rebecca Mills

Chapter 7: “Walk[ing] Through Life in Really Nice Shoes”: Alexis Rose’s Fashion as Crisis Ordinary and Extreme Domesticity in Schitt’s Creek
Christina Xan

Chapter 8: Smiling No Matter What: Analyzing the Suppressed Rage of Jocelyn Schitt in Schitt’s Creek
Judith Clemens-Smucker

Chapter 9: “Um, Yes. Love That Journey For Me.”: Schitt’s Creek Fans and the Stories They Tell Through Fan Art
Hannah Sophie Schiffner

Product details

Published Apr 16 2024
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9781666927597
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 BW Photos
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

James Deys

Anthology Editor

Kellie Deys

Anthology Editor

Nikki Anderson

Contributor

Max Romanowski

Contributor

Nikki Anderson

Contributor

Kellie Deys

Contributor

Erin Giannini

Erin Giannini, PhD is an independent scholar and h…

Contributor

James Deys

Contributor

Rebecca Mills

Contributor

Christina Xan

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