Secondary Research Updated

2 articles on Mistresses and 1 article on Desperate Housewives from Broadcast magazine.

Talking Television: Representation (pages 23-24) by Graeme burton Published 2000

Understanding Television: Pleasure and Gender edited by Andrew Goodwin and Garry Whannel Published 1990

The Televsion Genre Book: Drama - the teen series edited by Glen Creeber Published 2001

Secondary Research Updated

'Twisted Sisters' article from the Independent Tuesday 17th Match 2009. Discusses the progress of the show since it first started five years ago, how the characters are represented and if it reflects the representation of normal American women. It also looks at how the 5 protagonists of the show act both on and off screen.

Question: How are women and relationships represented in Desperate Housewives and Mistresses?

Proposed Secondary Research

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/deperate-housewives
http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/index?pn=index
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mistresses/

DVDS
Desperate housewives season one on DVD

Books
Understanding Television Texts- Phil Wickman pages: 91,92,93,122

Television
Desperate Housewives - Channel 4, 22.00, Wednesdays
- E4, 21.00, Wednesdays

Mistresses - BBC1, 21.00, Tuesdays