The Hallmark Channel: Essays on Faith, Race and Feminism - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1476678103 ISBN 13: 9781476678108

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2020

Riassunto

""Originally known as a brand for greeting cards, Hallmark has seen a surge in popularity since the early 2010s for its made-for-TV movies and television channels: the Hallmark Channel and its spinoffs, Hallmark Movie Channel (now Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) and Hallmark Drama. Hallmark's brand of comforting, often sentimental content includes standalone movies, period and contemporary television series, and mystery film series that center on strong, intuitive female leads. By creating reliable and consistent content, Hallmark, and by extension their owner Crown Media Family Values, offer people a calming retreat from the real world. This collection of essays strives to fill the void in academic attention surrounding Hallmark as there have been no significant scholarly articles or book-length studies on it. From the plethora of Christmas movies that are released each year to the successful faith-based scripted programming and popular cozy mysteries that air every week, there is a wealth of material to be explored. Specifically, this book explores the network's problematic relationship with race, the dominance of Christianity and heteronormativity, the significance placed on nostalgia, and the hiring and re-hiring of a group of women who thrived as childstars."--

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Informazioni sull'autore

Emily L. Newman is associate professor of art history at Texas A&M University-Commerce, specializing in contemporary art, popular culture, and gender studies. She lives in McKinney, Texas.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1476678103
• ISBN 13: 9781476678108
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 203
• Redattore: Newman Emily L., Witsell Emily
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile