- 196 pages
- English
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About this book
This multinational, multidisciplinary collection of essays focuses on Hallmark Channel movies and Hallmark's position in the changing North American media landscape.
This book covers the 'Countdown to Christmas' offerings, year-round productions, made-for-TV mysteries and romances, Hallmark's use of specific filming locations, and its relationship to viewer desires. Chapters examine Hallmark's position in a changing sociopolitical context and the tensions the company must navigate in creating more "progressive" content; they discuss issues of gender, race, sexuality, and place, as well as analyzing the extensive ranges and reactions of social media participants and interrogating the nature of Hallmark's popularity.
Suitable for scholars and students of film and tv and popular culture studies, this is a multifaceted look at both Hallmark and its viewers at a particular moment of Hallmark's market dominance.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Aunt Becky Brings Back the â80s: Lori Loughlin and â80s Nostalgia in Hallmark Christmas Movies
- 3 Back to the Family: Time Travel, Nostalgic Casting, and the New Social Conservatism of Hallmark Christmas Movies
- 4 A Christmas to Remember: Nostalgic Constructions of the âIdealâ Christmas in Hallmarkâs Holiday Line-Up
- 5 Back to the Future of Post-Feminist Film: Hallmark, Netflix, and the âNewâ Womanâs Holiday Film
- 6 Holding Hands and Singing âSilent Nightâ: Applying Heteronormativity to Queerness in Hallmarkâs Christmas Movies
- 7 âItâs the Extras That Have to Be Thrown In at Hallmark Nowadaysâ: The Conservative Backlash to Hallmarkâs Efforts at Queer Inclusivity
- 8 âBetter Off Deadâ: The Prevalence of Widowhood in Hallmark Lone-Parenting Narratives
- 9 Countdown from Cliché: Advancing Jewish Stereotypes in Hallmark Hanukkah Movies
- 10 A Very Merry Hanukkah: Secular Tensions and Christian Hegemony in Hallmarkâs âCountdown to Christmasâ
- 11 Gaslighting Love: A Feminist Walking Tour Through a Hallmark Hotspot
- 12 Living, Loving, and Dying in Hallmark, U.S.A.: An Examination of Place and Space
- 13 Hallmarkâs Investigative Women
- 14 âLove Them, Ironically or Unironicallyâ: Hallmark Movies Discussed on Reddit
- 15 âItâs a Fun Escape from Realityâ: Why Viewers Watch Hallmark Romance Movies
- 16 âAm I Done Getting Any Enjoyment Out of These Movies?â: Escapism and the Hallmark Holiday Movie Formula
- Index