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050 00 $aPN1992.77.P87$bT45 2011
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245 04 $aThe television world of Pushing daisies :$bcritical essays on the Bryan Fuller series /$cedited by Alissa Burger.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2011.
300 $avi, 196 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Pushing Daisies was one of the most successful network television shows in recent history. This collection of 10 essays addresses the off-beat elements that made the show a success. Divided into three sections, the essays address the themes of difference, placement of the series within a larger philosophical context and the role of gender on the show"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Alissa Burger -- Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, "Quality," and Contemporary Drama / Lorna Jowett -- Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation / Matt Dauphin -- Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies / Christine Garbett -- Philosophy and Pushing Daisies. Consuming Grief and Eating Pie / Laura Anh Williams -- "Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny": Neuroses and Child's Play / Ann-Gee Lee -- "Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He's Done": On Justice and Schadenfreude / Christine Angela Knoop -- "It's a destiny thing-enjoy it!": free will and -- Determinism in Bryan Fuller's series / Patrick Gill -- Gender and Pushing Daisies. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies / Daniel Farr -- Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space / Tara K. Parmiter -- Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies / Alissa Burger.
630 00 $aPushing daisies (Television program)
700 1 $aBurger, Alissa.