Domestic Advice and Its Shadowy Double: Domestic Satire in At Home with Amy Sedaris
2023; Volume: 63; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cj.2023.a928876
ISSN2578-4919
Autores Tópico(s)Short Stories in Global Literature
ResumoABSTRACT: Domestic advice media has persisted in the United States for over three centuries, yet images of the mid-twentieth-century homemaker serve as its most referential figure. Televisual domesticity consists of programs offering advice on homemaking, hosting, and crafting. Programs feature prominently on Food Network and HGTV in which white, upper-middle-class women choose to stay home and tend to the family. Alongside these traditional forms of domestic advice, this article considers the work of Amy Sedaris and feminist artists who utilize a blend of critical intertextuality, satire, and nostalgia toward the creation of a parallel, responsive genre—domestic satire.
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