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HBO's hit series Sex and the City has a huge international fan base and has picked up major awards. This highly readable critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for television. It discusses the show's position in an increasingly complex television landscape, and pioneers innovative approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book explores, among many other issues, female fandom and fan culture; fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr. Right; third wave feminism; and of course, sex and the single girl. The book includes a full episode guide, reports from the Sex and the City Manhattan tour and a map of Sex and the City New York.
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Reading Sex and the City, Kim Akass, Janet McCabe
- Language
- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Reading Sex and the City
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kim Akass, Janet McCabe
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1850434239
- ISBN13
- 9781850434238
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, USA, Culture and Society, Anthropology, New York, Media and Media Communication, Television, Popular Culture, Performing Arts
- Description
- HBO's hit series Sex and the City has a huge international fan base and has picked up major awards. This highly readable critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for television. It discusses the show's position in an increasingly complex television landscape, and pioneers innovative approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book explores, among many other issues, female fandom and fan culture; fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr. Right; third wave feminism; and of course, sex and the single girl. The book includes a full episode guide, reports from the Sex and the City Manhattan tour and a map of Sex and the City New York.