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Laura Minor

Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary Uk Television Comedy

Laura Minor

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English
Edinburgh University Press
09 December 2024
Television production: technical & background skills
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Television
This book explores female authorship in UK television comedy, with a focus on British and Northern Irish writers/performers. More specifically, it examines comedy texts produced between 2010 and 2020, a period marked by a proliferation of female-centric and female-created comedy. In the following order, comedians Julia Davis, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Caitlin/Caroline Moran, Michaela Coel, and Sharon Horgan will be analysed as key case studies.

Drawing from these case studies, the book has two objectives. First, it seeks to update Kathleen Rowe's concept of the 'unruly' woman, shifting the emphasis from visibility and performance to the labour and contexts behind on-screen portrayals. Building on Rowe's existing scholarship, the book introduces the term 'fastidious' to describe how comedians display delicacy, precision, and control over their carefully crafted TV series. Secondly, the book aims to extend this concept to British and Northern Irish TV writers/performers who have been either overlooked or examined within broader transnational projects. In doing so, it 'reclaims' the authorship of women from the UK.
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Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781399503013
ISBN 10:   1399503014
Series:   Edinburgh Studies in Television
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr Laura Minor is Lecturer in Television Studies at University of Salford

Reviews for Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary Uk Television Comedy

"""Offering an analytical framework that convincingly deepens feminist analysis of comedy, Minor revitalises debates about humour, gender, power, and creativity. Via detailed analysis of key contemporary female UK and Irish writer/performers, this rigorous and persuasive analysis evidences that the sitcom remains a vital, elusive and - above all - political genre persistently picking at complex cultural tensions."" --Brett Mills, author of The Sitcom (2005) and Television Sitcom (2012)"


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