SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Films: | Television: My So-Called Life

»My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It aired on ABC from August 25, 1994 to January 26, 1995. Set at the fictional Liberty High School in a fictional suburb near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, called Three Rivers, it follows the emotional travails of several teenagers in the social circle of main character Angela Chase, played by Claire Danes. (...)
My So-Called Life dealt with major social issues of the mid-1990s, including child abuse, homophobia, teenage alcoholism, homelessness, adultery, school violence, censorship, and drug use. Many shows at the time used these themes as a one-time issue (a "very special episode") that was introduced as a problem at the beginning of an episode and resolved at the end, but on My So-Called Life these issues were part of the continuing storyline. The title of the show alludes to the perception of meaninglessness that many teenagers experience and encapsulates the main theme of the series. The show depicts the teenage years as being difficult and confusing rather than a light, fun-filled time.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

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[Info] Berridge, Susan. »Empowered Vulnerability? A Feminist Response to the Ubiquity of Sexual Violence in the Pilots of Female-Fronted Teen Drama Series.« Feminist Erasures: Challenging Backlash Culture. Edited by Kumarini Silva et al. New York 2015: 91-105.

[Info] Polletta, Francesca, et al. »Date Rape After the Afterschool Special: Narrative Trends in the Televised Depiction of Social Problems.« Sociological Forum 29 (2014): 527-548.

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