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Contents Contributors | ix Introduction: “You’re about to Be Gilmored” DAV I D S C O T T DI F F R I E N T | xv PartOne. Authorship, Genre, Literacy, Televisuality 1.“Impossible Girl”: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Television Creativity DAV I D L AV E R Y | 3 2.Branding the Family Drama: Genre Formations and Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls A M A N DA R . K E E L E R | 19 3.Your Guide to the Girls: Gilmore-isms, Cultural Capital, and a Different Kind of Quality TV J US T I N OW E N R AW L I N S | 36 4.TV “Dramedy” and the Double-Sided “Liturgy” of Gilmore Girls G I A DA DA RO S | 57 PartTwo. Real and Imagined Communities (in Town and Online) 5.The Gift of Gilmore Girls’ Gab: Fan Podcasts and the Task of “Talking Back” to TV DAV I D S C O T T DI F F R I E N T | 79 6.“I Will Try Harder to Merge the Worlds”: Expanding Narrative and Navigating Spaces in Gilmore Girls R A DH A O’M E A R A | 108 vi | Contents 7. “You’ve Always Been the Head Pilgrim Girl”: Stars Hollow as the Embodiment of the American Dream A LY S ON R . BUC K M A N | 130 8. Town Meetings of the Imagination: Gilmore Girls and Northern Exposure JA N E F EU E R | 148 PartThree. Race, Class, Education, Profession 9. Escaping from Korea: Cultural Authenticity and Asian American Identities in Gilmore Girls H Y E S EU NG C H U NG | 165 10.“The Thing That Reads a Lot”: Bibliophilia, College Life, and Literary Culture in Gilmore Girls A N N A V IOL A SBORG I | 186 11. Stars Hollow, Chilton, and the Politics of Education in Gilmore Girls M AT T H E W C. N E L S ON | 202 12.“You Don’t Got It”: Becoming a Journalist in Gilmore Girls A NG E L C A S TA ÑO S M A R T Í N E Z , A MOR M U ÑOZ BÉ C A R E S , A N D S A R A H C A I T L I N L AV E R Y | 214 PartFour. Food, Addiction, Gender, Sexuality 13.Pass the Pop-Tarts: The Gilmore Girls’ Perpetual Hunger S US A N N A H B. M I N T Z A N D L E A H E . M I N T Z , M.D. | 235 14. “Nigella’s Deep-Frying a Snickers Bar!”: Addiction as a Social Construct in Gilmore Girls JOYC E G O G G I N | 257 15.Java Junkies Versus Balcony Buddies: Gilmore Girls, “Shipping,” and Contemporary Sexuality A . RO C H E L L E M A BR Y | 283 [3.81.221.121] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 16:52 GMT) Contents | vii 16.“But Luke and Lorelai Belong Together!”: Relationships, Social Control, and Gilmore Girls J I M M I E M A N N I NG | 302 17. What a Girl Wants: Men and Masculinity in Gilmore Girls L AU R A N AT H A N | 321 Appendix: Complete Episode List | 347 Works Cited | 353 Index | 365 ...