Searching the soul of Ally McBeal
Subtitle: critical essays
By: edited by Elwood Watson
Contributors: Watson, Elwood
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Ally McBeal (Television program); Sex role on television
Description: "This collection of essays addresses the question "Is Feminism Dead?" as it relates to the presentation of women's behaviors, desires and images in Ally McBeal. It considers the challenges that women's sexuality presents to feminism and looks at feminist thought regarding female professionalism and contemporary marriage"--Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Ally McBeal as a site of postmodern bodily boundaries and struggles over cultural interpretation: the hysteric as a site of feminist resistance / Patricia Leavy; title: A truth universally (un)acknowledged: Ally McBeal, Bridget Jones's diary and the conflict between romantic love and feminism / Jessica Lyn Van Slooten; title: Cultural occupancy, television reception, and multiple identifications in Ally McBeal / Susan E. McKenna; title: The comic and the burlesque: a frame analysis of post-feminist values and female professionalism in Ally McBeal / Michele Hammers; title: Ally McBeal and the death of feminism / Kristyn Gorton; title: Female representation and the "postfeminist" challenge / Laurie Ouellette and Susan E. McKenna; title: In Ms. McBeal's defense: assessing Ally McBeal as a feminist text / Amanda D. Lotz; title: Worshipping at the altar of Barry White: Ally McBeal and racial and sexual politics in crisis / Jennifer Harris; title: The angler, fish, and fishisms: universal themes and contemporary issues in a popular television series / Twyla Gibson; title: It's more than just another silly love song: Ally McBeal brings the Hollywood musical to television / Diana Sandars; title: Segments in an endless flow: narrative gaps and partial closure in Ally McBeal / Thomas Christen and Ursula Ganz-Blaettler