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03341aam a2200373 i 4500 001 092E0A5A177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 200120t20202020miua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2020931210 020 $a 0814345646 020 $a 9780814345641 035 $a (OCoLC)1112270113 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1992.77.G58 $b B76 2020 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Browne, Kate, $e author. 245 14 $a The golden girls / $c Kate Browne. 264 1 $a Detroit : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a x, 97 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm 490 1 $a TV milestones series 520 $a The Golden Girls made its prime-time debut in 1985 on NBC, and the critically acclaimed show has been a constant television companion through cable reruns and streaming media services ever since. Most people know that The Golden Girls is a sitcom about four feisty, older women living together in Miami who love to eat cheesecake, but Kate Browne argues that The Golden Girls is about so much more. Drawing on feminist literary studies and television studies, Browne makes a case for The Golden Girls as a TV milestone not only because it remains one of the most popular sitcoms in television history but also because its characters reflect shifting complexities of gender, age, and economic status for women in the late twentieth century and beyond. Each chapter is dedicated to exploring what makes these remarkable characters defy expectations of how older women should look, act, and love. Chapter 1 focuses on Dorothy Zbornak's intriguing gender performance and shifting desirability. Chapter 2 digs into Blanche Devereux's difficult relationship with motherhood and aging. Chapter 3 highlights how Rose Nylund made all the "right" choices in life but consistently finds herself disenfranchised by the same social and economic institutions that promised to protect her at midlife. Chapter 4 centers on how Sophia Petrillo drives the action of the show as a trickster-bending plots to her own desires and offering moral lessons to the other characters. The book offers an important analysis of a hugely popular sitcom that extends the boundary of what makes TV groundbreaking and worthy of study. Browne argues that The Golden Girls is a "classic" sitcom in almost every way, which keeps audiences engaged and allows the show to make subversive moves when it matters most. Written with both superfans and scholars in mind, the book invites new, diverse ways of thinking about the show to spark future scholarship and conversation about four of the most beloved characters in sitcom history. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-90) and index. 630 00 $a Golden girls (Television program) 630 07 $a Golden girls (Television program) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01373165 650 0 $a Television programs $z United States. 650 7 $a Television programs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01147026 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 830 0 $a Contemporary approaches to film and television series. $p TV milestones. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021448.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=092E0A5A177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search