{"product_id":"television-comedy-and-femininity-queering-gender-9781784533625","title":"Television Comedy and Femininity: Queering Gender","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rosie White\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Board Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan comedy on television harbour elements of gender transgression or subversion? If a man is permitted to be 'funny peculiar' - playing the underdog or misfit - does a woman seem stranger in his place? \u003cbr\u003eMapping examples from British and American comedy television over the past 60 years, from \u003ci\u003eI Love Lucy \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Big Bang Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmack the Pony \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eWaiting For God\u003c\/i\u003e, this book asks: are particular forms of television comedy gendered in specific ways? Paying attention to series which have not been addressed in academic work, as well as more established shows, White offers fresh insights for the fields of television studies, gender and women's studies, cultural history and comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45086661902487,"sku":"9781784533625","price":12686.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781784533625.webp?v=1767098969","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/television-comedy-and-femininity-queering-gender-9781784533625","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}