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Parody and taste in postwar American television culture

Title
Parody and taste in postwar American television culture / by Ethan Thompson.
Author
Thompson, Ethan.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2011.

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Description
x, 168 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge advances in television studies ; 1
Uniform Title
Routledge advances in television studies ; 1.
Subject
  • Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States
  • Television broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century
  • Parody
  • Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at mid-century -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : nasculinity and taste in Playboy's penthouse -- Ernie Kovacs and the logics of television parody and electronic trickery -- Black tie, straightjacket : Oscar Levant's sick life on TV -- Conclusion : television for people who hate television?
Call Number
MWGT 11-2230
ISBN
  • 9780415886383
  • 0415886384
LCCN
2010029422
OCLC
YBP 2010029422
Author
Thompson, Ethan.
Title
Parody and taste in postwar American television culture / by Ethan Thompson.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series
Routledge advances in television studies ; 1
Routledge advances in television studies ; 1.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
MWGT 11-2230
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