Feminism, Gender, and Politics in NBC's «Parks and Recreation» / Edition 1

by Erika Engstrom

Overview

Widely hailed as one of the best feminist-oriented series on television, NBC's Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) presents a multifaceted text for examining the incorporation of feminist ideology into its storylines. This book analyzes the various ways the series presented feminism as a positive force, such as the satirical portrayal of patriarchy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433133558
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	01/31/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Erika Engstrom (Ph.D., University of Florida) is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings (Peter Lang, 2011) and co-author of Mad Men and Working Women: Feminist Perspectives on Historical Power, Resistance, and Otherness (Peter Lang, 2014).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Chapter 1 Primetime Feminist Strategies: The Case of Parks and Recreation 1

Chapter 2 Pawnee: Portrait in Patriarchy 19

Chapter 3 Pawnee's "New Man": Manly Men and Male Feminists 43

Chapter 4 Personal Politics and Everyday Feminism 71

Chapter 5 "Knope We Can!": Making Politics Personal 101

Chapter 6 Parks and Recreation in the Continuum of Feminist Television 127

Index 139