Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?

After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life Each incarnation of Little House on the Prairie has reflected the fears, hopes and hangups of its time – from Laura Ingalls Wilder ’s semi-autobiographical children’s novels, first published in the wake of the Great Depression , to the television series they inspired, which premiered amid a recession and an oil crisis in 1974. Netflix ’s reboot , premiering on 9 July, is no exception. “The stories are able to transcend generations, which speaks to its basic nature,” s

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