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

by Alissa Burger (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786461486
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/11/2011
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Alissa Burger is an associate professor of English and Director of Student Success at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Introduction Alissa Burger 1

Part 1 Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies

1 Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, "Quality," and Contemporary Drama Lorna Jowett 11

2 Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation Matt Dauphin 28

3 Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies Christine Garbett 43

Part 2 Philosophy and Pushing Daisies

4 Consuming Grief and Eating Pie Laura Anh Williams 57

5 "Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny": Neuroses and Child's Play Ann-Gee Lee 73

6 "Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He's Done": On Justice and Schadenfreude Christine Angela Knoop 92

7 "It's a Destiny Thing-Enjoy It!": Free Will and Determinism in Bryan Fuller's Series Patrick Gill 115

Part 3 Gender and Pushing Daisies

8 The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies Daniel Farr 137

9 Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space Tara K. Parmiter 155

10 Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies Alissa Burger 174

About the Contributors 193

Index 195