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dc.contributor.authorShaw, Janiceen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret Tallyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-08T16:53:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationThe Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Popular Culture, p. 78-93en
dc.identifier.isbn9780786478804en
dc.identifier.isbn9781476615141en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15012-
dc.description.abstract'The Big Bang Theory' (CBS, 2007-present) is a television series that exploits the current movement to adopt an adolescent lifestyle of its target audience of millennial adults in their twenties and thirties. This essay explores how the series engages with such a trend by depicting a group of friends who conform to the popularized concept of "kidults"; or young adults who are still living like teenagers, and in the process promotes a reconsideration of the defining aspects of adulthood as they apply in a millennial context. The main characters of 'The Big Bang Theory' are nerds, who are extensions of both the technological expertise and the consumerist lifestyle of Generation Y. The nerd is associated in popular culture with computer literacy, intelligence (especially in the areas of science and mathematics) and adherence to a subculture based on consumerism, as well as being resistant to routine employment, uncommitted in terms of relationships and lacking in responsibility. These qualities are equally associated with the millennial young adults who form a large part of the viewing audience of the series. The popularity of this program with the 18 to 34 year old demographic is indicative of the way it reflects the preoccupations of a generation characterized by a fascination with technological games and consumerism, a fascination that is also the basis of the popular conception of the nerd. 'The Big Bang Theory' depicts nerds as the edge of a spectrum of behavior that is characteristic of millennials, and in doing so challenges previously held defining elements of adulthood.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherMcFarland & Company, Incen
dc.relation.ispartofThe Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Popular Cultureen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titleThe Big Bang Theory: Nerds and Kidultsen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsFilm and Televisionen
dc.subject.keywordsCulture, Gender, Sexualityen
local.contributor.firstnameJaniceen
local.subject.for2008200205 Culture, Gender, Sexualityen
local.subject.for2008190204 Film and Televisionen
local.subject.seo2008950203 Languages and Literatureen
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086685657en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjshaw20@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140318-10540en
local.publisher.placeJefferson, United States of Americaen
local.identifier.totalchapters12en
local.format.startpage78en
local.format.endpage93en
local.title.subtitleNerds and Kidultsen
local.contributor.lastnameShawen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:jshaw20en
local.profile.orcid0000-0003-1018-4491en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:15227en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe Big Bang Theoryen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/version/206376094en
local.search.authorShaw, Janiceen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2014en
local.subject.for2020440504 Gender relationsen
local.subject.for2020360505 Screen mediaen
local.subject.seo2020130203 Literatureen
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