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Dawson's Creek: A Critical Understanding provides a textual analysis of the WB's hit teen drama that ran from 1998 to 2003. Author Lori Bindig analyzes episodes of Dawson's Creek as a set of media texts that blur the boundaries between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic content. Exploring the ideology encoded within Dawson's Creek from a feminist cultural studies perspective, Bindig examines gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism as it is presented in the show. The depiction of each of these five ideological concepts is discussed beyond the framework of the series and put into a larger social context, allowing a discussion of the potential ramifications of the television program. This book suggests that although Dawson's Creek includes counter-hegemonic story lines, ultimately the political-economic realities of the current media system undercuts the oppositional content and frames the program as hegemonic. Nevertheless, Dawson's Creek is a valuable tool in navigating the ongoing struggle against social inequality, illustrating how far society has come and how far it has yet to go.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2. Youth and Media Culture
Chapter 3. Whose Creek is it Anyway? Dawson's Creek and the Politics of Gender
Chapter 4. Barely Visible: Traces of Race and Class on Dawson's Creek
Chapter 5. Dangerous Women and Safe Homosexuals: Dawson's Creek and Gender Representation
Chapter 6. Shop 'til You...Drown: Dawson's Creek and the Promotion of Consumerism
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Product details
| Published | Nov 29 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 188 |
| ISBN | 9780739122211 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Critical Studies in Television |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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