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Papers by Ellen Seiter

New York University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020

Journal of Film and Video, 1989

Choice Reviews Online, May 1, 2006

Cultural Studies, May 1, 1992

... These are the kinds of toys that are strong sellers at Toys R Us. But none of this kind of gi... more ... These are the kinds of toys that are strong sellers at Toys R Us. But none of this kind of gimmickry is for sale at the upscale toy store: no fancy technology, no quick changes, no transformations (unless it's in a science kit). The ...

Cultural Studies, 1990

... When we talk about examining our own subjectivities as researchers, we also need to ask what ... more ... When we talk about examining our own subjectivities as researchers, we also need to ask what it ... Writers were constantly coming under attack for boring the audience, or patronizing them ... Library textbooks.' Mr D. continued to praise him: 'He's an avid reader, so he knows his stuff ...

Feminist Review, Mar 1, 1986

Terms of Endearmentl belongs to a cycle of quality family melodramas produced in the US since 197... more Terms of Endearmentl belongs to a cycle of quality family melodramas produced in the US since 1979 which have been well received by critics, lauded within the industry and popular at the box office. In Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Ordinary People (1980) and On Golden Pond (1981), the narratives focused on the importance of the father's role (played by Dustin Hoffman, Donald Sutherland and Henry Fonda, respectively), and onmen as sources of emotional support in the nuclear family, thus displacing women as wives and mothers from their conventional place at the centre of the family melodrama. Each of these films has been criticized for embodying conservative, antifeminist values, by punishing women who work outside the home (Seiter,1983). Like these films, Terms of Endearment (1983) portrays a white, upper-middle class family and features prrstigious actors Jack Nicholson, Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. But in this film women re-take centre stage as the narrative focuses on the relationship between mother and daughter. There is also an infusion of other generic elements, most notably the woman's film, the situation comedy and the made-for-TV-movie (Kellner, 1985). Like its predecessors, Terms of Endearment has been harshly criticized by left-liberal critics, who have seen the film as a 'right-to-life soap opera' (Biskind,1984; Sarris,1983). Terms of Endearment successfully tapped into a cultural interest in mother-daughter relationships which flourished in the media. The film's advertising, which has featured various shots of MacLaine and Winger posed in affectionate exchange with one another, snapshot style, has emphasized this aspect of the narrative. Women's advice columns, magazines and programmes on daytime television began to capitalize on this interest in mothers and daughters in the late seventies. Nancy Friday's bestseller My Mother, My Self was published in 1977. The ABC daytime serial General Hospital climbed to the top of the Nielsen ratings after producer Gloria Monty decided to concentrate on the relationship between the teenage character Laura Weber and her mother Lesley. The Phil Donahue Show broadcast several

Television & New Media, May 1, 2004

NYU Press eBooks, May 11, 2018

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Film Quarterly, 1983

Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women Tania Modleski Upon its first publicat... more Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women Tania Modleski Upon its first publication, Loving with a Vengeance was a groundbreaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski has revisited her widely read book, bringing to this new edition a review of the issues that have, in the intervening years, shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading. With her trademark acuity and understanding of the power both of the mass-produced object, film, television, or popular literature, and the complex workings of reading and reception, she offers here a framework for thinking about one of popular culture's central issues. This edition includes a new introduction, a new chapter, and changes throughout the existing text.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

The German Quarterly, 1986

... SEITER: Sanders-Brahms's Deutschland, bleiche Mutter 573 ... 1972), Sara Gomez&a... more ... SEITER: Sanders-Brahms's Deutschland, bleiche Mutter 573 ... 1972), Sara Gomez's One Way or Another (1974), Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman (1975), and Michelle Citron's DaughterRite (1978), as well as the more widely-distributed films of Agnes Varda, Diane Kurys ...

Routledge eBooks, Sep 10, 2004

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Journal of Communication, Jun 1, 1986

In research and pedagogy, the failure to account f o r the evaluative and historical as well as d... more In research and pedagogy, the failure to account f o r the evaluative and historical as well as descriptive aspects of stereotypes has led to a use of the concept as a "dirty word.

New York University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020

Journal of Film and Video, 1989

Choice Reviews Online, May 1, 2006

Cultural Studies, May 1, 1992

... These are the kinds of toys that are strong sellers at Toys R Us. But none of this kind of gi... more ... These are the kinds of toys that are strong sellers at Toys R Us. But none of this kind of gimmickry is for sale at the upscale toy store: no fancy technology, no quick changes, no transformations (unless it's in a science kit). The ...

Cultural Studies, 1990

... When we talk about examining our own subjectivities as researchers, we also need to ask what ... more ... When we talk about examining our own subjectivities as researchers, we also need to ask what it ... Writers were constantly coming under attack for boring the audience, or patronizing them ... Library textbooks.' Mr D. continued to praise him: 'He's an avid reader, so he knows his stuff ...

Feminist Review, Mar 1, 1986

Terms of Endearmentl belongs to a cycle of quality family melodramas produced in the US since 197... more Terms of Endearmentl belongs to a cycle of quality family melodramas produced in the US since 1979 which have been well received by critics, lauded within the industry and popular at the box office. In Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Ordinary People (1980) and On Golden Pond (1981), the narratives focused on the importance of the father's role (played by Dustin Hoffman, Donald Sutherland and Henry Fonda, respectively), and onmen as sources of emotional support in the nuclear family, thus displacing women as wives and mothers from their conventional place at the centre of the family melodrama. Each of these films has been criticized for embodying conservative, antifeminist values, by punishing women who work outside the home (Seiter,1983). Like these films, Terms of Endearment (1983) portrays a white, upper-middle class family and features prrstigious actors Jack Nicholson, Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. But in this film women re-take centre stage as the narrative focuses on the relationship between mother and daughter. There is also an infusion of other generic elements, most notably the woman's film, the situation comedy and the made-for-TV-movie (Kellner, 1985). Like its predecessors, Terms of Endearment has been harshly criticized by left-liberal critics, who have seen the film as a 'right-to-life soap opera' (Biskind,1984; Sarris,1983). Terms of Endearment successfully tapped into a cultural interest in mother-daughter relationships which flourished in the media. The film's advertising, which has featured various shots of MacLaine and Winger posed in affectionate exchange with one another, snapshot style, has emphasized this aspect of the narrative. Women's advice columns, magazines and programmes on daytime television began to capitalize on this interest in mothers and daughters in the late seventies. Nancy Friday's bestseller My Mother, My Self was published in 1977. The ABC daytime serial General Hospital climbed to the top of the Nielsen ratings after producer Gloria Monty decided to concentrate on the relationship between the teenage character Laura Weber and her mother Lesley. The Phil Donahue Show broadcast several

Television & New Media, May 1, 2004

NYU Press eBooks, May 11, 2018

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Film Quarterly, 1983

Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women Tania Modleski Upon its first publicat... more Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women Tania Modleski Upon its first publication, Loving with a Vengeance was a groundbreaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski has revisited her widely read book, bringing to this new edition a review of the issues that have, in the intervening years, shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading. With her trademark acuity and understanding of the power both of the mass-produced object, film, television, or popular literature, and the complex workings of reading and reception, she offers here a framework for thinking about one of popular culture's central issues. This edition includes a new introduction, a new chapter, and changes throughout the existing text.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

The German Quarterly, 1986

... SEITER: Sanders-Brahms's Deutschland, bleiche Mutter 573 ... 1972), Sara Gomez&a... more ... SEITER: Sanders-Brahms's Deutschland, bleiche Mutter 573 ... 1972), Sara Gomez's One Way or Another (1974), Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman (1975), and Michelle Citron's DaughterRite (1978), as well as the more widely-distributed films of Agnes Varda, Diane Kurys ...

Routledge eBooks, Sep 10, 2004

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 17, 1998

Journal of Communication, Jun 1, 1986

In research and pedagogy, the failure to account f o r the evaluative and historical as well as d... more In research and pedagogy, the failure to account f o r the evaluative and historical as well as descriptive aspects of stereotypes has led to a use of the concept as a "dirty word.