edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L Martin, Jr.
contributions by Jared Clayton Brown, Ashleé Clark, Ken Feil, Alfred L Martin, Jr., Eleanor Patterson, Jr., Ben Aslinger, Peter C. Kunze, Jessica Hoover, Taylor Cole Miller, Kate Fortmueller, Andrew Owens, Claire Sewell and Beth L Boser
Rutgers University Press, 2025
Paper: 978-1-9788-3684-6 | eISBN: 978-1-9788-3686-0 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-1-9788-3687-7 (PDF)

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. Talesfrom the Lanai reclaims the production history and development of the show, opens new conversations about audiences–especially Black, queer, and female audiences–and provides new insight into the meteoric rise in popularity of The Golden Girls as a 2020s cultural phenomenon. With twelve original chapters and extensive original interviews offering readers rare insights behind the scenes, Tales from the Lanai is a long day’s journey into the marinara of The Golden Girls–an immersive, engaging opportunity for readers to learn more about the show. It truly is the golden age of The Golden Girls.
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