This article situates Desperate Housewives in a broader sociocultural context by examining its treatment of gender and genre. It is argued that the audience's knowledge of the generic conventions and gender stereotypes upon which the show draws allows them access to Desperate Housewives's interrogation of contemporary social convention.
Journal article
Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives
Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol.38(4), pp.162-169
2010
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- Title
- Gender and genre: situating Desperate Housewives
- Creators
- Lisa Hill - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol.38(4), pp.162-169
- Identifiers
- 2127; 991012820603402368
- Academic Unit
- School of Arts and Social Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article