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This qualitative analysis explores representations of race and gender in the 1990s prime-time family drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Multiple readings of the first five seasons of the series revealed various narrative, thematic, and visual elements that comprise the program’s challenges to dominant ideologies concerning gender roles and race. Specifically, the study explores the use of historic context in the program to challenge ideologies concerning professional women and Native Americans. It was found that the representations of gender and race in Dr. Quinn generally acted to counter social stereotypes. Potential impacts of these representations and the narrative format on reality construction and meaning making in society are discussed.
Publisher: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006
Year of Publication: 2006
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