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Redesigning Women: Television after the Network Era »

Authors: Amanda D. Lotz, Andrea L. Press
ISBN-13: 9780252030673, ISBN-10: 0252030672
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Introduction : female-centered dramas after the network era	1
1	Women's brands and brands of women : segmenting audiences and network identities	37
2	Fighting for families and femininity : the hybrid narratives of the action drama	68
3	Sex, careers, and Mr. Right in comedic dramas : the "new" new women of Ally McBeal and Sex and the city	88
4	Same story, different channel? : returning home and starting over in protagonist-centered family dramas	118
5	Of female cops and docs : the reformulation of workplace dramas and other trends in mixed-sex ensembles	144
	Epilogue : the 2001-2 season and beyond	165
	Conclusion : U.S. feminist television criticism in the post-network era	171