This book constitutes the first major exploration of HBO's current programming, examined in the context of the transformation of American television and global society. Bringing together an international group of media and cultural studies scholars to offer an in-depth look at issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and power behind HBO's new and original voices, shows such as Game of Thrones, Girls, Insecure, Looking, Silicon Valley, The Comeback, The Leftovers, True Detective and Veep and Vinyl are examined. A significant intervention in television studies, media studies and cultural studies, this book illuminates the emergence of a new era of culturally relevant television that fans, students, and researchers will find lively, accessible and fascinating.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction (Giuliana Monteverde and Victoria McCollum)
Part I: Authorship, Gender, Reception
1. Our Bodies, Our Self(ies): Mediating and Mitigating Social Media and Selfveillance in Girls (Hannah Bonner)
2. The Rise and Fall of the HBO Empire: Vinyl and the Gender of TV Legitimation (Stéfany Boisvert)
3. Queer Fantasies, Queer Echoes: The Post-Closet World of Looking (Nicholas Manganas)
4. Feminism, "Dick" Jokes, & (Re)Defining Masculinity: Satirising the Tech World in Silicon Valley (Amy Mackelden)
Part II: Race, Place, Power, Risk
5. The Personal and Political: Exploring Comedic Masculinity and Femininity in Veep (Carrie Hou, Nathan Stewart and Elena Chabbi)
6. Race and Place in Black and White: The False Dichotomy in True Detective (Jessica Maucione)
7. Praising, Erasing, Replacing and Race-ing Girls - Intersectional Online Critiques and the Ascent of Insecure (Francesca Sobande)
8. Forced Devotion vs. Acceptable Doubt: The Leftovers as a Paradigm Shift for Religion in Popular Culture (Kristen Donnelly)
Part III: Consumption, Criticism, Fandom
9. HBO's Hall of Mirrors: The Comeback as Meta-Commentary on Television and Celebrity Culture (Jennifer O'Meara)
10. Marnie is the Worst: Antipathetic Characters in Contemporary HBO Programs (Oliver Kroener)
11. The Last-night's Watch Game of Thrones, Contemporary Recap Culture, and HBO's Continuing Legacy (Andrew Lynch)
12. Tone Deaf?: Game of Thrones, Showrunners and Criticism (Shiloh Carroll)
Index
