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- Title
'We're physicists': Gender, genre and the image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory.
- Authors
Weitekamp, Margaret A.
- Abstract
As a comedy, the popular CBS television show The Big Bang Theory (2007-) has made an international commercial success of its portrayal of scientists, complete with equation-laden white boards and an affectionate depiction of nerd culture. Working both with and against the gendered stereotypes of the nerd and the mad scientist - and drawing upon many of the core characteristics of situation comedy as a genre - The Big Bang Theory offers a sympathetic and nuanced depiction of scientists, including a more diverse group of scientists by gender, ethnicity, and scientific subfields than usually seen in either television or movies.
- Subjects
BIG Bang Theory, The (TV program); GENDER on television; SCIENTISTS on television; ETHNICITY on television; NERDS (Persons)
- Publication
Journal of Popular Television, 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
2046-9861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/jptv.3.1.75_1