Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives'

Lisa Hill

doi:10.1080/01956051003749491

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Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives'

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Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives'

Lisa Hill

Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol.38(4), pp.162-169

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051003749491

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Film, Television and Digital Media

Cultural Studies

gender

postfeminism

soap opera

suburbia

television

This article situates Desperate Housewives in a broader sociocultural context by examining its treatment of gender and genre. It is argued that the audience's knowledge of the generic conventions and gender stereotypes upon which the show draws allows them access to Desperate Housewives's interrogation of contemporary social convention.

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Title: Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives'
Authors: Lisa Hill (Author) - Southern Cross University
Publication details: Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol.38(4), pp.162-169
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2010
DOI: 10.1080/01956051003749491
ISSN: 0195-6051
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451060002621
Output Type: Journal article

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