Golden Girls Tales From the Lanai

The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is a rich collection of essays and interviews that explores the cultural impact of that iconic and comforting American sitcom. Featuring twelve original essays and in-depth interviews with producers, the book offers rare insights into the show’s creation, its beloved characters, long-lasting life in syndication, and appeal for marginalized viewers, especially Black, queer, and female audiences. Perfect for both fans and scholars alike.

About the author

Taylor Cole Miller is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Alfred L. Martin, Jr. is an associate professor and Department Chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami. He is the author of Fandom for Us, By Us: The Pleasures and Practices of black Audiences and The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom, and editor of Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy.
 

Product details

• Assisted by: Taylor Cole Miller (Editor), Alfred L Martin (Editor), Alfred L. Martin (Editor)
• Authors: Taylor Cole Martin Miller, Taylor Cole Miller, Alfred L Martin
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.09.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
• EAN: 9781978836846
• ISBN: 978-1-978836-84-6
• Pages: 268
• Subjects: Film, Kino, Populärkultur, Theaterwissenschaft - Theatertheorie, Trivialkultur, Fernsehserie (Bücher zu Fernsehserien), PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Comedy, Geschichte der darstellenden Künste, Fernsehen: Stile und Genres, Genres der darstellenden Künste: Comedy und Humor