Last Tango in a Happy Valley: Television as Mediated Lived Experience
Abstract | This project explores television as the mediation of lived experience through a semiotic phenomenological lens. To do so, this thesis explores representations of gendered violence in self-identified feminist, Sally Wainwright's two shows: Last Tango in Halifax (2012) and Happy Valley (2014). By employing a phenomenological framework to Sally Wainwright's own relationships and experiences, I will seek to examine the semiotic codes embedded in the interactions between women in Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. This will also provide a foundation for discussion on how and why the characters in her shows appear in ways that submit to and subvert the dominant 21st century understanding of 'feminine' on television. |
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Created Date | 2017 |
Contributor | Fry, Elisabeth Zoe (Author) / Sandlin, Jennifer (Advisor) / Cavender, Gray (Committee member) / Anderson, Lisa (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher) |
Subject | Women's studies / Mass communication / Pedagogy / British television / Media Studies / Popular culture / Public Pedagogy / Television / Women and Gender |
Type | Masters Thesis |
Extent | 74 pages |
Language | English |
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Note | Masters Thesis Social and Cultural Pedagogy 2017 |
Collaborating Institutions | Graduate College / ASU Library |
Additional Formats | MODS / OAI Dublin Core / RIS |