Softcore as Serialized (and Feminized) Featurette
Postfeminist Propriety on Late-Night Cable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12755909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Andrews (0000-0003-1464-7107, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 312-340 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Television & New Media (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-4764 • E-ISSN: 1552-8316 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1527476407301644 |
| OpenAlex | W1963837981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The softcore serial (or “softcore featurette”) is a prolific sexploitation subgenre spawned by the early-nineties popularity of Red Shoe Diaries, Zalman King's late-night Showtime program. Like Red Shoe Diaries, the softcore serial is an elaborately feminized and aspirational form with a pointedly “postfeminist” sensibility. Though this subgenre is also a self-consciously apolitical form structured by double standards and essentialist stereotypes, contemporary feminists have nevertheless been increasingly inclined to condone it, a trend that may dovetail with a larger postfeminist receptiveness to traditional ideas of femininity. This article proposes that the softcore serial and its (post)feminist reception are most usefully framed as the product of three overlapping cultural contexts: the histories of postfeminist cultural production, of American sexploitation cinema, and of premium cable programming
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2016 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |