Index actors versus characters, 21, 127-28 adolescence, 58-62, 239 advertising, 14, 18, 76, 255 agency: defined, 251-52; discursive, 6, 9, 38,43-44,55,62-65,75-77,81-82, 109-10, 114, 136, 156, 211-16; female, 76-77, 190-209; in cultural studies, 6, 31-47 Altheide, D. L., 35 Althusser, L., 44 Andrea, 20, 22, 29, 52, 75, 86-87, 96-97, 100-101, 104-6, 148, 154-55, 160-61, 178,193-95,201,205,219,223-24,228, 236 Ang, I., 41-42, 45-46, 76, 87, 100, 211, 216, 236, 238 anorexia, 80-81, 238 appearance, female, 60, 68-82, 195. See also female identity, as defined by appearance authority of text, 122-25, 236 authorship: of identity, 6-7, 10, 47, 48-67, 128-33, 152, 223, 225; of opinions, 54, 69-70, 73, 76-77, 110-14, 124-28, 186, 193, 223-25, 237, 240. See also expert voice autonomy. See self, autonomous Barthes, R., 23, 29, 39, 257 Batman, 144 Beavis and Butt-head, 139, 143-44 Bellah, R. N. et aI., 54-55, 57-58, 62-63, 212, 256 Benhabib, S., 251 Bennett, W. L., 35 Berger, P., and T. Luckmann, 49 Best, S., and D. Kellner, 257 Beverly Hills, 90210: as prime-time soap, 18-27; characters, overview, 19-23; history, 14-17; imitators, 17; licensed products 1, 20; plots, typical 23-27; publicity, 20-22; ratings 16-17; Web site 1. See also characters; individual character names; issues; plots blind piano teacher. See plots Bordwell, D., 23 Brandon, 20, 93-94, 99, 103-4, 108, 112, 118-19, 121, 129-30, 163-64, 189, 193, 195-96, 204-25, 207, 219-21, 223, 228, 236 Brenda, 1, 19-22, 24, 26, 29, 52, 69-71, 75, 87-89, 91, 97, 99, 101-8, 113, 116-18, 120-21, 128-29, 134-35, 154, 157, 17879 , 189, 191-93, 195, 197-205, 211, 216, 218,220,223-25,236,238;confront~ tion with Dylan, 197-200; I Hate Brenda fan club, 1, 22 Brenda arrested. See plots Brenda Years, The, 17 Brown, M. E., 8, 19, 43-46, 69, 76, 87, 117, 142, 211, 236, 238 Brown, L. M., and Carol Gilligan, 59,107, 165, 169, 182, 203, 238, 253 Burman, E., and 1. Parker, 4, 51, 65 Butler, M., and W. Paisley, 60 Carteris, Gabrielle, 20, 22-23, 161 Cary, A., 15-16 characters, 83-114; as realistic, 36, 86-87, 90-97, 104; as symbolic, 98: community with, 9-10, 83, 97-105, 110-11, 114, 116-19,136,155,164,174-88,236-37, 270 Index characters (continued) 239; 90210, overview, 19-23; romantic relationships on 90210, 25, 134, 189234 . See also actors versus characters; identification with television characters; individual character names; stereotypes Cheers, 16 Cindy, 20, 69, 104, 220 class, 32, 35-37, 55, 103, 132-33, 254; determination of, for subjects of this study, 8,246-47; class-specific hegemony, 37. See also hegemony; wealth on television "clawing back" marginalized identities, 26, 184, 187, 191, 209, 238. See also female identity, alternative; inoculation; plots, as silencing alternative voices colonizing past, present, future, 53, 12627 community, 31-67; as empowering to women 6,27,39; discursive, with others, 9-10,43-44,47,52,68-70,75-77, 79, 102, 109-10, 117-19, 125, 136, 187, 212, 228; narratives of, 54-60; versus autonomy, 54-60. See also characters, community with; viewers, as community Condit, C., 38, 238 consumerism, 5, 45, 76-77, 152 copycat behavior. See television effects Cosby Show, The, 16, 27-28, 35-36 Crossroads, 41, 236 cultivation theory, 139, 240 cultural studies, 5-6, 31-47, 235, 243, 252 culture: dominant, 7, 11, 25, 28-29, 32, 35-36, 38-41, 43-46, 68, 76-77, 133, 135, 156-57, 166, 174, 182,209,212, 216, 225, 235-41, 254, 257-58, 260; interaction with individual, 6, 11,31,35, 48-64,76-77,98,113,136,174,235, 238-41; popular, 23, 29, 32, 39-40, 46, 255. See also narrative, cultural; status quo Cunningham, K., 24 Dallas, 41-42, 44, 216, 236 dating, 10-11, 22-23, 25, 28, 52, 134, 189-234; and female agency, 190-209; "rules" of, 174, 190-209, 215-16 David, 4, 20, 69, 72, 84-85, 88, 94, 99100 , 109-10, 113, 115-16, 119-22, 124, 134, 154-56, 158-59, 161,164-69, 171, 173-77, 179...