This article revisits the notion of 'postfeminism'10 years after its formulation in critical terms
as a sensibility characterizing cultural life. The article has two broad aims: first to reflect upon …

This book challenges traditional organizational theory, looking to representations of work
and organizations within popular culture and the ways in which these institutions have also …

The collision of new technologies, changing business strategies, and innovative storytelling
that produced a new golden age of TV. Cable television channels were once the backwater …

From domestic goddess to desperate housewife, What a Girl Wants? explores the
importance and centrality of postfeminism in contemporary popular culture. Focusing on a …

Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory,
media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of …

The antihero prevails in recent American drama television series. Characters such as
mobster kingpin Tony Soprano (The Sopranos), meth cook and gangster-in-the-making …

From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in
postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of media forms, Alison Winch reveals how …

Television Studies provides an overview of the origins, central ideas, and intellectual
traditions of this exciting field. What have been the primary areas of inquiry in television …

The emergence of" male-centered serials" such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons Of
Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiating modern masculinities …

This thoroughly revised second edition provides a critical overview of the contemporary
debates and discussions surrounding gender and mediated communication. The book is …