Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies' unique style and aesthetics is a consistent source of interest across these international and interdisciplinary scholarly critiques.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
ALISSA BURGER
Part One: Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies
1. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, "Quality," and Contemporary Drama
LORNA JOWETT
2. Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation
MATT DAUPHIN
3. Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies
CHRISTINE GARBETT
Part Two: Philosophy and Pushing Daisies
4. Consuming Grief and Eating
LAURA ANH WILLIAMS
5. "Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny": Neuroses and Child's Play
ANN-GEE LEE
6. "Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He's Done": On Justice and Schadenfreude
CHRISTINE ANGELA KNOOP
7. "It's a Destiny Thing-Enjoy It!": Free Will and Determinism in Bryan Fuller's Series
PATRICK GILL
Part Three: Gender and Pushing Daisies
8. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies
DANIEL FARR
9. Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space
TARA K. PARMITER
10. Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies
ALISSA BURGER
About the Contributors
Index
