| Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change Contributor(s): Cohn, Jonathan (Editor), Porst, Jennifer (Editor), Cohn, Jonathan (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1978821158 ISBN-13: 9781978821156 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.456 |
| LCCN: 2020045039 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential "very special episode" format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era phenomenon of the "Very Special Seasons" of UnReal and 13 Reasons Why, this collection seriously and critically uses the "very special episode" to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture. |