Reading Six Feet Under
TV to Die for
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd · Print & ebook · June 4, 2005
Praised for its unabashed portrait of the ""death care"" industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of living well.
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- Who it’s for
- Kim Akass examines Six Feet Under’s themes, from death and bereavement to family and sexuality.
- Themes
- Death and bereavement, Family relationships, Sexuality and cultural politics
- Genres
- Television History & Criticism, Death & Dying, TV Guides
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Praised for its unabashed portrait of the ""death care"" industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of living well. Created by the Oscar winner Alan Ball (American Beauty), this innovative, controversial show charts difficult territory--from death, dying and bereavement, to female and gay sexualities, to family obligation and relationships--laying bare in the process an American cultural consciousness.
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This book examines such predominant themes as the dead body, magic realism and the grotesque, American cultural politics, family relationships, homosexuality, motherhood and more. A complete episode guide to the first four seasons is included.
Six Feet Under Themes
Kim Akass examines Six Feet Under’s themes, from death and bereavement to family and sexuality.
Come here for
- Analysis of the dead body, magic realism, and the grotesque
- Discussion of American cultural politics and family relationships
Expect
- Separate discussions of motherhood and homosexuality
- A complete episode guide to the first four seasons
Where it sits
| Television History & Criticism | 84% |
|---|---|
| Death & Dying | 37% |
| TV Guides | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Television History & Criticism
- Authors
- Kim Akass, Janet McCabe
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
- Published
- June 4, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Death and bereavement · Family relationships · Sexuality and cultural politics
- Reading lane
- Television History & Criticism