Television Dramas and the Global Village: Storytelling through Race and Gender: Saleem Abbas: Lexington Books

Television Dramas and the Global Village

Storytelling through Race and Gender

Television Dramas and the Global Village

Storytelling through Race and Gender

Description

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.

Introduction: Television Dramas as Storytellers of Race and Gender for the Global Village
Diana I. Rios and Carolyn A. Lin

Section I. Fantasy-Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery

Chapter 1: Luke Cage is Harlem's Captain America: Black Masculinity and Vulnerability in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Graeme John Wilson
Chapter 2: Doctor Who's 13th Doctor: Redefining the Female Lead in Science Fiction Television
Gwendelyn S. Nisbett and Newly Paul
Chapter 3: A Woman in Trouble in Twin Peaks: The Return: Gothic Texts, Magical Technology, and Dreams Within Dreams
Joseph Boisvere
Chapter 4: Arya and Sansa Stark of HBO's The Game of Thrones: Abuse, Agency, Trauma Survival, and Redefined Destinies
Diana I. Rios, Mary Helen Millham, Karin A. Haberlin, and Graciela Quiñones-Rodriguez
Chapter 5: The Protagonists of the Fantasy Drama Lost: From Stereotypes to Flexible Identities
Jérôme David

Section II. Soap Operas and Telenovelas

Chapter 6: Pakistan Television Drama Serials and Telenovelas During

Product details

Published	Oct 18 2021
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	330
ISBN	9781793613523
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	2 tables;
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Diana I. Ríos

Anthology Editor

Carolyn A. Lin

Contributor

Saleem Abbas

Contributor

Gordon Alley-Young

Contributor

Inna Arzumanova

Contributor

Nettie Brock

Contributor

Lorena Caminhas

Contributor

George Daniels

Contributor

Karin A. Haberlin

Contributor

Elizabeth Fish Hatfield

Contributor

Patricia Jullia

Contributor

Hannah Jureller

Contributor

Carolyn A. Lin

Contributor

Frédéric Marty

Contributor

Mary Helen Millham

Contributor

Gwendelyn S. Nisbett

Contributor

David Lynn Painter

Contributor

Suji Park

Contributor

Newly Paul

Newly Paul is a media and politics researcher and…

Contributor

Graciela Quiñones-Rodriguez

Contributor

Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk

Contributor

Diana I. Ríos

Contributor

Morgan W. Smalls

Contributor

Rosane Svartman

Contributor

Mei Zhang

Contributor

Ali Zohoori

Contributor

Joseph Boisvere

A critical summation of television's mirror for humankind, this collection of 20 essays covers major American series plus dramatic and comic presentations from 10 countries other than the US. Character and theme analyses review the intent of dramatizing particular quandaries, such as disdain for homosexuals as portrayed through the career of footman Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey and amplification of changing morals as depicted in the Brazilian telenovela Delegacia de Mulheres…. [T]his book will be an excellent addition to the public and university library media shelf. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

Choice Reviews
Rios and Lin have found the perfect balance of scholarship and entertainment research. This will be a welcomed book for the classroom and for those looking for best practices in the much-needed areas of gender roles and identities, socio-economic “caste” systems, race, sexual and psychological violence, and cultural identities. The vast view of streaming and access to these media portrayals are valuable and furthers research, theoretical frameworks, and the overall knowledge within our discipline. The inclusion of social media usage and how the advancement of those watching “over the air” television series has expanded to a global realm really sits at the cornerstone of this important work. This is a must-read for those interested in intersectionality and the understanding of the many differences in our world today.

Jerry Crawford, The University of Kansas