The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the in/visibilisation of care work in TV fiction
Abstract
This article analyses the in/visibilisation of care work in television fiction through the series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Grounded in the theoretical-interpretative framework of feminist economics, the study is carried out through critical discourse analysis and is operationalised in four discursive dimensions: the class meaning of care work, its hyper-feminisation, its implication in the re-production of femininity and the dichotomous tension between domesticity and employment. Thus, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel provides a suggestive opportunity to study the multidimensionality, everyday (dis)organisation and disciplining tolls of care work in intimate connection with femininity, as well as with its expressions of class and race.
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