Demographic Vistas : : Television in American Culture / / David Marc.
In Demographic Vistas, David Marc shows how we can take television seriously within the humanist tradition while enjoying it on its own terms. To deal with the barrage of messages from television's chaotic history, Marc adapts tools of theatrical and literary criticism to focus on key personali...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Edition: | Revised Edition |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword to the Revised Edition
- 1. Beginning to Begin Again
- 2. The Situation Comedy of Paul Henning: Modernity and the American Folk Myth in The Beverly Hillbillies
- 3. The Comedy of Public Safety
- 4. Gleason's Push
- 5. Self-Reflexive at Last
- 6. What Was Broadcasting?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Main Index
- Index of Television Series
- Index of Films Made for Theatrical Release