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Television crime series, women police, and fuddy-duddy feminism

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Brunsdon, Charlotte (2013) Television crime series, women police, and fuddy-duddy feminism. Feminist Media Studies, Volume 13 (Number 3). pp. 375-394. doi:10.1080/14680777.2011.652143 ISSN 1468-0777.

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Abstract

This essay argues that Prime Suspect has become a canonical text for feminist television studies and that Helen Mirren's performance of Lynda La Plante's creation has provided an influential template for television, and the broader culture, to imagine what a senior female police officer is like. So Jane Tennison is important not only within the depicted world of the “canteen culture” of the police in Prime Suspect, but also within the broader context of television production where she has demonstrated that crime shows with female leads can be extremely successful. Juxtaposing Prime Suspect with two later “girly” British TV police series, I ask how we might approach the “daughters of Jane Tennison” found in series such as Ghost Squad (2005) and Murder in Suburbia (2004–2006). Are these “postfeminist” shows? I argue that attention to these programmes can productively inform our understanding of what is entailed for women in not being “fuddy-duddy,” and my comments thus engage, in the continuing debate about the utility and periodisation of the notion of “postfeminism.”

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies
Journal or Publication Title: Feminist Media Studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1468-0777
Official Date: 10 February 2013
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10 February 2013Published
Volume: Volume 13
Number: Number 3
Number of Pages: 20
Page Range: pp. 375-394
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2011.652143
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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