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Index 175
of reception 136–49
Eurocentrism 141, 148, 152
Europe:
cultural studies in 134–5;
pan-Europeanism 147–8;
postmodernity in 157
European Union (EU) 147
‘Evans, Dorothy (Dot)’ 100–1
Ewing, J.R. (Dallas) 86–7, 89–91
Ewing, Pamela (Dallas) 86, 88, 90
Ewing, Sue-Ellen (Dallas) 86–92, 95, 96–7

‘false consciousness’ 111
families as viewers 41, 47–52, 181–2n;
see also domestic context of viewing
fantasy, pleasure of 91–5, 106
fashion system 154, 177
Feather stone, Mike 12, 153
femininity, modes of 92–5, 111, 121
feminism 51, 92, 94, 95–6, 110, 114, 119, 128;
and romantic fiction 98–108;
scholarship of 78–9
fiction:
romance novels 98–108, 110–11, 121;
television, and women’s fantasy 85–97
films see cinema
Financial Times 63
Fish, Stanley 99
Fiske, John 8, 139, 140, 169–70, 174, 178–9
Flax, Jane 128
Foucault, Michel 36, 170, 182n
fragmentation 67, 177
France 147
Frankfurt School 9, 36
Fro w, John 116

García Canclini, Nestor 145
Gardner, Carl and Sheppard, Julie 19–20
Geertz, Clifford 74, 75, 76, 79, 81, 134, 176
gender 8, 49–51, 109–29, 182n;
articulation of 122–5, 128;
identity 119–29;
instability of 125–7, 128;
see also femininity, modes of;
feminism;
women
Germany 147;
Dallas viewers 87;
viewing behaviour 109–10
Gitlin, Todd 4–5, 56
global culture 80, 152–68