Television Sitcom And Cultural Crisis
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Television Sitcom And Cultural Crisis
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Author : Holly Willson Holladay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-07
Television Sitcom And Cultural Crisis written by Holly Willson Holladay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07 with categories.
Television Sitcom And Cultural Crisis
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Author : Holly Willson Holladay
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-06-21
Television Sitcom And Cultural Crisis written by Holly Willson Holladay and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-21 with Social Science categories.
This volume demonstrates that television comedies are conduits through which we might resist normative ways of thinking about cultural crises. By drawing on Gramscian notion of crisis and the understanding that crises are overlapping, interconnected, and mutually constitutive, the essays in this collection demonstrate that situation comedies do more than make us laugh; they also help us understand the complexities of our social world’s moments of crisis. Each chapter takes up the televisual representation of a modern cultural crisis in a contemporary sitcom and is grounded in the extensive body of literature that suggests that levity is a powerful mechanism to make sense of and cope with these difficult cultural experiences. Divided into thematic sections that highlight crises of institutions and systems, identity and representation, and speculation and futurism, this book will interest scholars of media and cultural studies, political economy, communication studies, and humor studies.
Television S Moment
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Author : Christina von Hodenberg
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2015-07-01
Television S Moment written by Christina von Hodenberg and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Television was one of the forces shaping the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when a blockbuster TV series could reach up to a third of a country’s population. This book explores television’s impact on social change by comparing three sitcoms and their audiences. The shows in focus – Till Death Us Do Part in Britain, All in the Family in the United States, and One Heart and One Soul in West Germany – centered on a bigoted anti-hero and his family. Between 1966 and 1979 they saturated popular culture, and managed to accelerate as well as deradicalize value changes and collective attitudes regarding gender roles, sexuality, religion, and race.
Televisuality
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Author : John T Caldwell
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-14
Televisuality written by John T Caldwell and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-14 with Performing Arts categories.
Although the "decline" of network television in the face of cable was a crisis in television history, John Caldwell finds that it spawned new production initiatives to reassert network authority. Caldwell's classic volume, now available as a handsome volume in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint, calls for desegregation of theory and practice in media scholarship.
Friends
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Author : Simone Knox
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-09-16
Friends written by Simone Knox and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book offers a long overdue, extensive study of one of the most beloved television shows: Friends. Why has this sitcom become the seminal success that it is? And how does it continue to engage viewers around the world a quarter century after its first broadcast? Featuring original interviews with key creative personnel (including co-creator Marta Kauffman and executive producer Kevin S. Bright), the book provides answers by identifying a strategy of intimacy that informs Friends’ use of humour, performance, style and set design. The authors provide fascinating analyses of some of the most well-remembered scenes—the one where Ross can’t get his leather pants back on, and Ross and Rachel’s break-up, to name just a couple—and reflect on how and why A-list guest performances sometimes fell short of the standards set by the ensemble cast. Also considered are the iconic look of Monica’s apartment as well as the programme’s much discussed politics of representation and the critical backlash it has received in recent years. An exploration of Joey, the infamous spin-off, and several attempts to adapt Friends’ successful formula across the globe, round out the discussion, with insights into mistranslated jokes and much more. For students, scholars, creative industry practitioners and fans alike, this is a compelling read that lets us glimpse behind the scenes of what has become a cultural phenomenon and semi-permanent fixture in many of our homes.
Politics And The American Television Comedy
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Author : Doyle Greene
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-28
Politics And The American Television Comedy written by Doyle Greene and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Performing Arts categories.
This work examines the unique and ever-changing relationship between politics and comedy through an analysis of several popular American television programs. Focusing on close readings of the work of Ernie Kovacs, Soupy Sales, and Andy Kaufman, as well as Green Acres and The Gong Show, the author provides a unique glimpse at the often subversive nature of avant-garde television comedy. The crisis in American television during the political unrest of the late 1960s is also studied, as represented by individual analyses of The Monkees, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, and All in the Family. The author also focuses on more contemporary American television, drawing a comparative analysis between the referential postmodernism of The Simpsons and the confrontational absurdity of South Park.
British Tv Comedies
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Author : Juergen Kamm
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-26
British Tv Comedies written by Juergen Kamm and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Social Science categories.
This collection offers an overview of British TV comedies, ranging from the beginnings of sitcoms in the 1950s to the current boom of 'Britcoms'. It provides in-depth analyses of major comedies, systematically addressing their generic properties, filmic history, humour politics and cultural impact.
Sexual Politics And Popular Culture
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Author : Diane Christine Raymond
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1990
Sexual Politics And Popular Culture written by Diane Christine Raymond and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.
Almost wherever we look, depictions of sexuality, both subtle and not-so-subtle, are omnipresent. Whatever the medium, popular culture representations tell us something about ourselves and about the ideologies of which they are symptomatic. These essays examine the strategies of power implicit in popular representations of sexuality. The authors--scholars in fields such as sociology, philosophy, biology, political science, history, and English literature-- eschew rigid disciplinary boundaries.
Little Mosque On The Prairie And The Paradoxes Of Cultural Translation
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Author : Kyle Conway
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Little Mosque On The Prairie And The Paradoxes Of Cultural Translation written by Kyle Conway and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Cultural pluralism in mass media categories.
Kyle Conway's textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show's creator, executive producers, writers, and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television.
Retelling The Past In Contemporary Greek Literature Film And Popular Culture
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Author : Trine Stauning Willert
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-01-22
Retelling The Past In Contemporary Greek Literature Film And Popular Culture written by Trine Stauning Willert and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Over the past thirty years, the representation of Greek history in literature, film, and popular culture has undergone significant change. This book investigates the ways in which history operates as a tool for contemporary storytellers in various genres to contemplate the meaning of the past and its implications for the future.