Comic Visions
Autor David Marc, Marcen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 sep 1997
- Most comprehensive social and critical history of American television comedy
- Very engaging, lucid and entertaining writing style
- Approaches social criticism without being too scholarly and pedantic
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781577180036
ISBN-10: 1577180038
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2. Auflage
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1577180038
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2. Auflage
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
undergraduate and graduate level students in media studies, sociology, cultural studies and American popular cultureNotă biografică
David Marc teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California and at the Department of Film and Television, UCLA. He is a frequent contributor to The Village Voice and is the author of Demographic Vistas, Revised Edition (1996), and Bonfire of the Humanities (1995).
Cuprins
Praise for the First Edition.
Acknowledgments.
Foreword by Ken Tucker.
Preface to the Second Edition.
1. What's So Funny About America?.
2. Waking Up to Television.
3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961.
4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom.
5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak.
6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era.
7. Friends of the Family.
Bibliography.
Index to Television Comedy Series.
General Index.
Foreword by Ken Tucker.
Preface to the Second Edition.
1. What's So Funny About America?.
2. Waking Up to Television.
3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961.
4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom.
5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak.
6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era.
7. Friends of the Family.
Bibliography.
Index to Television Comedy Series.
General Index.
Descriere
Combines historical research with cultural analysis to provide a study of television comedy as a reflection of the diversity and richness in American society. This book examines the roots of television comedy beginning with the influence of Vaudeville, cinema and radio on the variety shows and sitcoms of the 1940's and 1950's.