‘We’re physicists’: Gender, genre and the image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory

Weitekamp, Margaret A.

dc.contributor.author	Weitekamp, Margaret A.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-20T15:15:12Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-20T15:15:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Weitekamp, Margaret A. 2015. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/25106">‘We’re physicists’: Gender, genre and the image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory</a>." <em>The Journal of Popular Television</em>, 3, (1) 75–92. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv.3.1.75_1">https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv.3.1.75_1</a>.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/25106
dc.description.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.
dc.format.extent	75–92
dc.relation.ispartof	The Journal of Popular Television 3 (1)
dc.title	‘We’re physicists’: Gender, genre and the image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory
dc.type	article
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sro.description.unit	NASM-Aeronautics
sro.identifier.doi	10.1386/jptv.3.1.75_1
sro.identifier.url	https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/25106