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Quizzing America : television game shows and popular culture in the 1950s / Mark Dunn.
- Title
- Quizzing America : television game shows and popular culture in the 1950s / Mark Dunn.
- Author
- Dunn, Mark, 1956-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 207 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The author explores the iconography of the mid-century U.S. in the context of TV watching, game playing and prize winning--and collective self-examination. The scandals that marred the genre's reputation are revisited, highlighting American's propensity for both gullibility and winking cynicism"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-201) and index.
- Call Number
- MWGT 18-2289
- ISBN
- 9781476665504
- 1476665508
- LCCN
- 2017052630
- OCLC
- 1012676636
- Author
- Dunn, Mark, 1956- author.
- Title
- Quizzing America : television game shows and popular culture in the 1950s / Mark Dunn.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-201) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- MWGT 18-2289