In this Book
- Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Television and Popular Culture
Bringing together seventeen original essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other, one that is beholden to Hollywood’s screwball comedies of the 1930s, steeped in intertextual references, and framed as a "kinder, gentler kind of cult television series" in this tightly focused yet wide-ranging collection.
This volume makes a significant contribution to television studies, genre studies, and women’s studies.
Screwball Television seeks to bring Gilmore Girls more fully into academic discourse not only as a topic worthy of critical scrutiny but also as an infinitely rewarding text capable of stimulating the imagination of students beyond the classroom.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- pp. ix-xiii
- Introduction: “You’re about to Be Gilmored”
- pp. xv-xxxvi
- Appendix: Complete Episode List
- pp. 347-352
- Works Cited
- pp. 353-364