The Television World of Pushing Daisies : Critical Essays on the Bryan Fuller Series

Burger, Alissa (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 202 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786461486
• DDC分類 384.5532

Full Description

Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies' unique style and aesthetics is a consistent source of interest across these international and interdisciplinary scholarly critiques.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

ALISSA BURGER     

Part One: Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies

1. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, "Quality," and Contemporary Drama

LORNA JOWETT     

2. Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation

MATT DAUPHIN     

3. Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies

CHRISTINE GARBETT     

Part Two: Philosophy and Pushing Daisies

4. Consuming Grief and Eating

LAURA ANH WILLIAMS     

5. "Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny": Neuroses and Child's Play

ANN-GEE LEE     

6. "Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He's Done": On Justice and Schadenfreude

CHRISTINE ANGELA KNOOP     

7. "It's a Destiny Thing—Enjoy It!": Free Will and Determinism in Bryan Fuller's Series

PATRICK GILL     

Part Three: Gender and Pushing Daisies

8. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies

DANIEL FARR     

9. Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space

TARA K. PARMITER     

10. Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies

ALISSA BURGER     

About the Contributors     

Index