Adventures in Shondaland: Identity Politics and the Power of Representation

By: Michaela D.E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin and Richard G Jones and Emily Vajjala and Joan Faber McAlister and Jessica L Furgerson and Jennifer Billinson and Jade Petermon and Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Calafell and Stephanie Young and Vincent Pham and Myra Washington and Tina Harris and Mark P Orbe and Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas and Melissa Ames and Sean Swenson

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Synopsis: Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work is attentive to identity politics, “post-” identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues. Rhimes intentionally addresses these issues with diverse characters and story lines that center, for example, on interracial friendships and relationships, LGBTIQ relationships and parenting, the impact of disability on familial and work dynamics, and complex representations of womanhood. This volume serves as a means to theorize Rhimes’s contributions and influence by inspiring provocative conversations about television as a deeply politicized institution and exploring how Rhimes fits into the implications of twenty-first century television.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780813596334
Related ISBNs:: 9780813596327, 9780813596310
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/20/19
Copyrighted By:: Rutgers University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Rachel Alicia Griffin
Edited by:: Michaela D.E. Meyer