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Timeless or Timeliness? Examining Ideology in NBC's Timeless
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Willis, Sarah
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1523636060160916
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
Abstract
In this study, the researcher examines ideology of gender and race by performing a close textual analysis of NBC’s time-travel television drama, Timeless. This case study is guided by the general question, “To what extent does Timeless advance existing dominant ideologies through its representations of gender and race?” Overall, the study finds that Timeless somewhat advances existing dominant ideology by portraying gender and race according to negotiated frameworks. In other words, Timeless perpetuates dominant-hegemonic ideology in some ways and pushes back on this ideology in others. Additionally, Timeless does this by using both existing and new techniques. An example of one of these new techniques is a new concept called “caveatic postmodern nostalgia,” which refers to a type of postmodern nostalgia in which characters celebrate or are excited for the past, but include a critical caveat with the celebration. The celebration is then privileged over the critical caveat. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Committee
Eric Jenkins, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Omotayo Banjo, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Stephen Depoe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
99 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
Keywords
nostalgia
;
ideology
;
historical fiction
;
television
;
race
;
gender
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Willis, S. (2018).
Timeless or Timeliness? Examining Ideology in NBC's Timeless
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1523636060160916
APA Style (7th edition)
Willis, Sarah.
Timeless or Timeliness? Examining Ideology in NBC's Timeless.
2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1523636060160916.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Willis, Sarah. "Timeless or Timeliness? Examining Ideology in NBC's Timeless." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1523636060160916
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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