Events
TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans: Book Launch, Reading and Signing
Date and Time
Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Description
Join us for the book launch, reading and signing of TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans written by Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino.
About the Book
The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City,
Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland stand
out as some of America's favorite television series. Their lovable
"female foursome" characters engage in witty banter as they
challenge American stereotypes about sex, love, family, work and community.
These sitcoms and comedy-dramas live on as cable TV re-runs and through online fan communities, demonstrating mass appeal across generations of women and men. Connecting fan commentary with analysis by television scholars, this book explores the development of these series from the 1980s on, with a focus on the role of fan cultures in "reproducing" these popular American shows.
About the Author
Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino is department head and associate
professor in Liberal Studies at Grand Valley State University,
teaching courses across the disciplines of liberal, cultural, media
and women's studies and publishes on body studies, feminist theory,
globalization, political economy and popular culture.