| Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture Contributor(s): Thompson, Ethan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415839009 ISBN-13: 9780415839006 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.234 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture documents how Americans grew accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through comedy that is simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny. Along with the rapid growth of television in the 1950s, an explosion of satire and parody took place across a wide field of American culture--in magazines, comic books, film, comedy albums, and on television itself. Taken together, these case studies don't just analyze and theorize the production and consumption of parody and television, but force us to revisit and revise our notions of postwar "consensus" culture as well. |
