Disney Channel Tween Programming: Essays on Shows from Lizzie McGuire to Andi MackChristopher E. Bell Much has been written about the Walt Disney Company's productions, but the focus has largely been on animation and feature film created by Disney. In this essay collection, the attention is turned to The Disney Channel and the programs it presents for a largely tween audience. Since its emergence as a market category in the 1980s, the tween demographic has commanded purchasing power and cultural influence, and the impressionability and social development of the age group makes it an important range of people to study. Presenting both a groundbreaking view of The Disney Channel's programming by the numbers and a deep focus on many of the best-known programs and characters of the 2000s--shows like The Wizards of Waverly Place, That's So Raven and Hannah Montana--this collection asks the simple questions, "What does The Disney Channel Universe look and sound like? Who are the stories about? Who matters on The Disney Channel?" |
Contents
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Hilary Duff and the Illusion of Girl Power Cary Elza | 29 |
Thats So Raven Black Radical Imagination and Afrofuturist Tweens Terah J Stewart | 46 |
The Best of Both Worlds During the Rise of Facebook Claudia Lisa Moeller | 59 |
The Skewed WorkingClass Sensibilities of Wizards of Waverly Place Colin Ackerman | 75 |
Disney is ruining my kidA Case for Cultivation and Social Learning in Tween TV Rachel Guldin Janelle Applequist and Travis R Bell | 91 |
Theres no way I can make it without you? Austin Allys Vision of GenderRace Equality Allison Schottenstein | 111 |
Adopting Diversity and Ignoring Race Representations of Race in Jessies and KC Undercovers Families of Color Rebecca Rowe | 129 |
Stuck in the Middle of a Flattened Culture Sloan Gonzales | 183 |
Tweenage TV Comedy in the Artificial Outdoors Daniel F Yezbick | 193 |
Bizaardvarks Diversity Problem Jayne M Simpson | 213 |
Are You My Mother? Narrative Frames in Andi Macks Grandfamilies and Teenage Pregnancy Andrea B Baker | 227 |
Thats So Ravens Home and Boy Meets Girl Meets World Recursion Revival and MultiGenerational Dialogues Michelle Anya Anjirbag | 239 |
Disney Channel Original Movies as Social Justice Narratives in Descendants 2 Sara Austin | 255 |
About the Contributors | 271 |
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Girl Meets Woke Rowan Blanchard Intersectionality and Fan Engagement Christopher E Bell Marissa Lammon and Hanne Murray | 146 |
Liv and Maddie and Agents of SHIELD J Richard Stevens | 166 |