Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms
Between 2001–2011, Disney Channel produced several sitcoms aimed at tweens that featured female protagonists with extraordinary abilities (e.g., celebrity and super/magical powers). In this book, Christina H. Hodel argues that, while male counterparts in similar programs openly displayed their extraordinariness, the female characters in these programs were often forced into hiding and secrecy, which significantly diminished their agency. She analyzes sitcom episodes, commentary in magazine articles, and web-based discussions of these series to examine how they portrayed female youths and the impact it had on its adolescent viewers. Combining close readings of dialogue and action with socioeconomic and historical contextual insights, Hodel sheds new light on the attitudes of the creators of these programs (mostly white, middle-aged, Western, heterosexual males) and the long-term impact on women today. Ultimately, her analysis shows, these blockbuster sitcoms reveal that despite Disney’s progress toward creating empowered girls, the network was—and still is—locked into tradition. This book is of interest to scholars of Disney studies, cultural studies, television studies, and gender studies.
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Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms
Between 2001–2011, Disney Channel produced several sitcoms aimed at tweens that featured female protagonists with extraordinary abilities (e.g., celebrity and super/magical powers). In this book, Christina H. Hodel argues that, while male counterparts in similar programs openly displayed their extraordinariness, the female characters in these programs were often forced into hiding and secrecy, which significantly diminished their agency. She analyzes sitcom episodes, commentary in magazine articles, and web-based discussions of these series to examine how they portrayed female youths and the impact it had on its adolescent viewers. Combining close readings of dialogue and action with socioeconomic and historical contextual insights, Hodel sheds new light on the attitudes of the creators of these programs (mostly white, middle-aged, Western, heterosexual males) and the long-term impact on women today. Ultimately, her analysis shows, these blockbuster sitcoms reveal that despite Disney’s progress toward creating empowered girls, the network was—and still is—locked into tradition. This book is of interest to scholars of Disney studies, cultural studies, television studies, and gender studies.
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Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms

Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms

by Christina H. Hodel
Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms

Disney Channel's Extraordinary Girls: Gender in 2000's Tween Sitcoms

by Christina H. Hodel

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Between 2001–2011, Disney Channel produced several sitcoms aimed at tweens that featured female protagonists with extraordinary abilities (e.g., celebrity and super/magical powers). In this book, Christina H. Hodel argues that, while male counterparts in similar programs openly displayed their extraordinariness, the female characters in these programs were often forced into hiding and secrecy, which significantly diminished their agency. She analyzes sitcom episodes, commentary in magazine articles, and web-based discussions of these series to examine how they portrayed female youths and the impact it had on its adolescent viewers. Combining close readings of dialogue and action with socioeconomic and historical contextual insights, Hodel sheds new light on the attitudes of the creators of these programs (mostly white, middle-aged, Western, heterosexual males) and the long-term impact on women today. Ultimately, her analysis shows, these blockbuster sitcoms reveal that despite Disney’s progress toward creating empowered girls, the network was—and still is—locked into tradition. This book is of interest to scholars of Disney studies, cultural studies, television studies, and gender studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781666925470
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 03/12/2024
Series: Studies in Disney and Culture
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 190
File size: 528 KB

About the Author

Christina H. Hodel is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Bridgewater State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Changing Landscape of Gender on Disney Channel Television
Chapter 2: Disney Channel Packages Girlhood
Chapter 3: Disney Channel Television: Girl Power and Its Discontents
Chapter 4: The Best of Both the Real and Fantasy Worlds: A Lacanian Analysis of
Hannah Montana
Chapter 5: A New Disney Channel Emerges
Chapter 6: The Disney Universe
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