Beautiful TV: The Art and Argument of Ally McBeal

by Greg M. Smith

Book Overview

During its five-year run from 1997 to 2002, the popular TV show Ally McBeal engaged viewers in debates over what it means to be a woman or a man in the modern workplace; how romance factors into the therapeutic understanding of relationships; what value eccentricity has and how much oddity society should tolerate; and what utility fantasy has in the pragmatic world. In addition to these social concerns, however, Ally McBeal stood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716435
• ISBN13: 9780292716438
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"