Beverly Hills, 90210
Subtitle: television, gender, and identity
By: E. Graham McKinley.
Series: Feminist cultural studies, the media, and political culture
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Beverly Hills, 90210 (Television program); Television viewers -- United States -- Psychology; Television programs -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: Graham McKinley found several groups who watched the program and questioned them about the program's significance. Her conclusions, examined in the light of cultural studies and contemporary theory, are always interesting and sometimes startling - for instance, that her informants' talk about Beverly Hills, 90210 often concerned ethical issues, but not the issues foregrounded by the show's producers.

Extracting generously from actual interviews, McKinley's investigation has the urgency of a heart-to-heart conversation, with rich anecdotal moments and revelations of self. As remarkable for its intimate style as for its adroit use of theory, Beverly Hills, 90210: Television, Gender, and Identity illustrates the ways in which media both form and reflect cultural reality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.
Rev. ed. of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rutgers University.