Autorentext

Theresa Trimmel is Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Bristol, UK.

Klappentext

This book examines the growing visibility and cultural legitimation of female showrunners and their productions in US television, presenting the role of women in the contemporary media landscape and analysing the feminist sensibility governing female storytelling in the 2010s.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Rise of Female Authorship in US Television

2. The Construction of Female Authorship in US Television

3. Is This What "Feminism" Looks Like?: Female Authorship and the Representation of Women in "Feminist" Television

4. Intersectional Female Authorship, Casting Strategies, and the Representation of Women of Colour in Female-Authored Television

5. Intersectional Authorship and LGBTQ+ Representation in Women-Centred Television

6. "The Rise of the Millennial Sitcom": Millennial Authorship and Self-Representation in Female-Authored Television

7. Conclusion: The End of Feminist Television?