The television world of Pushing daisies
Subtitle: critical essays on the Bryan Fuller series
By: edited by Alissa Burger
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786461486
Subjects: Pushing daisies (Television program)
Description: "Pushing Daisies was one of the most successful network television shows in recent history. This collection of 10 essays addresses the off-beat elements that made the show a success. Divided into three sections, the essays address the themes of difference, placement of the series within a larger philosophical context and the role of gender on the show"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Alissa Burger; title: Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, "Quality," and Contemporary Drama / Lorna Jowett; title: Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation / Matt Dauphin; title: Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies / Christine Garbett; title: Philosophy and Pushing Daisies. Consuming Grief and Eating Pie / Laura Anh Williams; title: "Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny": Neuroses and Child's Play / Ann-Gee Lee; title: "Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He's Done": On Justice and Schadenfreude / Christine Angela Knoop; title: "It's a destiny thing-enjoy it!": free will and; title: Determinism in Bryan Fuller's series / Patrick Gill; title: Gender and Pushing Daisies. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies / Daniel Farr; title: Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space / Tara K. Parmiter; title: Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies / Alissa Burger.