Innovator Award for Edited Collection from the Central States Communication Association (CSCA)Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Greys Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder,The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimess work is attentive to identity politics, post- identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues. Rhimes intentionally addresses these issues with diverse characters and story lines that center, for example, on interracial friendships and relationships, LGBTIQ relationships and parenting, the impact of disability on familial and work dynamics, and complex representations of womanhood. This volume serves as a means to theorize Rhimess contributions and influence by inspiring provocative conversations about television as a deeply politicized institution and exploring how Rhimes fits into the implications of twenty-first century television.
Contents Introduction: Riding Shondaland's Rollercoasters: Critical Cultural Television Studies in the 21st Century Michaela D. E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin Part I: Quality Television's Cultural Dominance: The Auteur Comes to Television Studies Chapter 1: Trauma, Spin, and Murder: The Carnival Spectacle in Shondaland Richard G. Jones, Jr. and Emily Vajjala Chapter 2: Wounded Detachments, Differential Alliances: Beyond Identity & Telos in Shondaland's Heterotopia Joan Faber McAlister Chapter 3: Abortion in Shondaland: Daring Departures from Oppressive Industry Conventions Jessica L. Furgerson Chapter 4: Soundtracking Shondaland: Televisual Identity Mapped Through Music Jennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. Meyer Part II: Shondaland's Paradoxical Identity Politics and the Fantastical Post- Chapter 5: Race (Lost and Found) in Shondaland: The Rise of Multiculuralism in Primetime Network Television Jade Petermon Chapter 6: Emb(Race)ing Visibility: Callie Torres's (Im)Perfect Operation of Bisexuality on Grey's Anatomy Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie Calafell Chapter 7: The Problematics of Postracial Colorblindness: Exploring Cristina Yang's Asianness in Grey's Anatomy Stephanie L. Young and Vincent Pham Chapter 8: Interracial Intimacies: From Shondaland to the Post-racial Promised Land Myra Washington and Tina M. Harris Part III: Consumption, Ethics, and Morality: Shondaland Fandom as Cultural Meaning Making Chapter 9: #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: Analyzing Divergent Fan Reactions to 'The Lawn Chair' Episode Mark P. Orbe Chapter 10: Blurring Production Boundaries with Fan Empowerment: Scandal as Social Television Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas Chapter 11: Media Criticism & Morality Policing on Twitter: Fan Responses to How to Get Away with Murder Melissa Ames Chapter 12: Dying for the Next Episode: Living and Working Within Shondaland's Medical Universe Sean Swenson Notes on Contributors Index
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