The Impossible Woman: Television, Feminism, and the Future

By Kristen Hoerl

The Impossible Woman examines scripted television programs featuring exceptional women and how these shows contribute to sexist realism, or the cultural assumption that there is no alternative to patriarchy. This book explains how the problems facing television's strongest women illustrates television's inability to imagine a just feminist future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 197884252X
• ISBN13: 9781978842526
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.