Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"From a leading cultural journalist, a definitive look at the rise of the female showrunner--and a new golden era of television. Female writers, directors, and producers have radically transformed the television industry in recent years. Shonda Rhimes, Lena Dunham, Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, Mindy Kaling: These extraordinary women have shaken up the entertainment landscape, making it look like an equal opportunity dream factory. But things weren't always this rosy. It took decades of determination in the face of preconceived ideas and outright prejudice to reach this new era. In this endlessly informative and wildly entertaining book, veteran journalist Joy Press tells the story of the maverick women who broke through the barricades, starting with Roseanne Barr (Roseanne) and Diane English (Murphy Brown), whose iconic shows redefined America's idea of "family values" and incited controversy that reached as far as the White House. Barr and English inspired the next generation of female TV writers and producers to carve out the creative space and executive power needed to present radically new representations of women on the small screen. Showrunners like Amy Sherman Palladino (Gilmore Girls), Jenji Kohan (Weeds, Orange Is the New Black), and Jill Soloway (Transparent) created characters and storylines that changed how women are seen and how they see themselves, in the process transforming the culture. Stealing the Show is the perfect companion to such bestsellers as Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Tina Fey's Bossypants, and Shonda Rhimes' Year of Yes'; not to mention Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us and Rebecca Traister's All the Single Ladies. Drawing on deep research and interviews with the key players, this is the exhilarating behind-the-scenes story of a truly groundbreaking revolution in television"-- Female writers, directors, and producers have radically transformed the television industry in recent years, shaking up the entertainment landscape, making it look like an equal opportunity dream factory. Press shows that it took decades of determination in the face of preconceived ideas and outright prejudice to reach this new era. She tells the stories of the maverick women who broke through the barricades, whose iconic shows inspired the next generation of female TV writers and producers to carve out the creative space and executive power needed to present radically new representations of women on the small screen.

Television and women --- Women television producers and directors --- Television programs --- Television broadcasting --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

African American singers --- African American television producers and directors --- Grandmothers --- Women television producers and directors --- Los Angeles (Calif.) --- Philadelphia (Pa.)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey's Anatomy (2005 - Present), she has successfully debuted Private Practice (2007-2013), Scandal (2012 - Present), How to Get Away with Murder (2014 - Present), and The Catch (2015 - Present). Rhimes's work is attentive to identity politics, "post-" identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues such as: adoption, parenthood, extramarital affairs, organ donation, infertility, bereavement and death, beauty and body politics, mental and physical health, sexual violence, mass violence, natural disasters, and war. This volume serves as a means to theorize Rhimes's contributions and influence by inspiring provocative conversations about television as a deeply politicized institution and exploring how Rhimes fits into the implications of 21st century television. Each chapter showcases complex interpretations of "Shondaland" and engages paradoxical elements of Rhimes's influence as the most successful black female showrunner in the history of network television. In separate sections that focus on industry and production, text, and audience, Adventures in Shondaland engages questions such as: how is Rhimes's positionality as a black woman relevant to this contemporary moment in the history of television? How do intersectional representations of television function paradoxically in contemporary society amid social protests for inclusion and equality? What is the public pedagogy of Rhimes' characters/storylines/shows? This is the first collection to focus on Rhimes and her successful shows and explores industry and audience implications alongside textual examinations"--

Women television producers and directors --- African American television producers and directors. --- African American women screenwriters. --- Television broadcasting --- Producteurs et réalisateurs de télévision noirs américains. --- Femmes scénaristes noires américaines. --- Télévision --- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism. --- Performing Arts. --- Women television producers and directors. --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Social aspects. --- Rhimes, Shonda --- Rhimes, Shonda. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- ShondaLand (Firm) --- History. --- United States.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Grace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the twentieth century, wife of the scion of a newspaper dynasty and mother of the youngest owner of a major league baseball team, Grace eventually found her way out from under the shadows of others to forge a dynamic career of her own. Born in Latvia, Grace lived in seven countries and spoke five languages before the age of eleven. As a child, she witnessed Hitler's march into Prague, attended a Soviet school during World War II, and sailed the seas with her father. In a multi-faceted career, she worked as a professional photographer, television producer, and book editor and critic. Eventually, like her father, she became a Russian specialist, but of a very different kind. She accompanied Ted Kennedy and his family to Russia, escorted Joan Baez to Moscow to meet with dissident Andrei Sakharov, and hosted Josef Stalin's daughter on the family farm after Svetlana defected to the United States. While running her own consulting company in Russia, she witnessed the breakup of the Soviet Union, and later became director of a women's economic empowerment project in a newly independent Ukraine. Daughter of the Cold War is a tale of all these adventures and so much more. This compelling and evocative memoir allows readers to follow Grace's amazing path through life -- a whirlwind journey of survival, risk, and self-discovery through a kaleidoscope of many countries, historic events, and fascinating people.

Non-governmental organizations --- Book editors --- Women television producers and directors --- Women photographers --- Cold War --- World politics --- Women television directors --- Women video directors --- Women video producers --- Television producers and directors --- Women in television broadcasting --- Literary editors --- Editors --- INGOs (International agencies) --- International non-governmental organizations --- NGOs (International agencies) --- Nongovernmental organizations --- Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) --- Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) --- PVOs (International agencies) --- International agencies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Employees --- Warnecke, Grace Kennan. --- Warnecke, Grace --- Varneke, Hreĭs Kennan --- Варнеке, Грейс Кеннан