LeBlanc, Jasmine2017-10-242017-10-242017http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36858http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-21130Noticing that there are ever more popular television shows centering around the working-class, this thesis analyses the complex representations of working-class, female characters on the popular prime-time television shows 2 Broke Girls, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and Shameless through a mixed method, phenomenological approach focusing on a visual and textual analysis. Primarily making use of a Cultural Studies and feminist lens, I focus on deconstructing the categorical codes: body language, attire, attitude, language, interaction with others, and class comparisons that present themselves in each episode and argue that these shows’ representation follow both a dominant ideological framework and present forms of agency that illustrate how intersectional these characters are.enTelevisionWorking ClassRepresentationCultural StudiesStuart HallFeminismThesis