From Terry and June to Terry and Julian: June Whitfield and the British Suburban Sitcom

White, Rosie (2018) From Terry and June to Terry and Julian: June Whitfield and the British Suburban Sitcom. In: Comedy and the Politics of Representation. Springer, pp. 137-152. ISBN 9783319905051

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Abstract

Like masculinity, heterosexuality or whiteness, the British suburban sitcom has been a relatively unexamined field in television studies. This chapter examines one of the most popular suburban sitcoms, Terry and June (BBC, 1979-87) in relation to the remarkable career of its female star, June Whitfield. Reading Terry and June through the lens of Whitfield's later work on more 'alternative' comedy shows such as Terry and Julian (Channel 4 1992) and Absolutely Fabulous (BBC 1992-2012), this chapter examines how British suburban sitcom, a feminine domestic genre, endorses but also undermines cultural norms of gender and class.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Suburb, sitcom, middle-class, Whitfield June, femininity, queer, heterosexuality, masculinity, alternative comedy, camp
Subjects:	P300 Media studies
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
Depositing User:	Paul Burns
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2018 09:11
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 19:30
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/35429

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