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The sitcom

Title
The sitcom / Jeremy G. Butler.
Author
Butler, Jeremy G., 1954-
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

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Description
ix, 261 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary
"In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre's position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA. Everyone loves the sitcom genre; and yet, paradoxically, everyone hates the sitcom, too. This book examines themes of gender, race, ethnicity, and the family that are always at the core of humor in our culture, tracking how those discourses are embedded in the sitcom's relatively rigid storytelling structures. Butler pays particular attention to the sitcom's position in today's post-network media landscape and sample analyses of Sex and the City, Black-ish, The Simpsons, and The Andy Griffith Show illuminate how the sitcom is infused with foundational American values. At once contemporary and reflective, The Sitcom is a must-read for students and scholars of television, comedy, and broader media studies, and a great classroom text"--
Series Statement
Routledge television guidebooks
Uniform Title
Routledge television guidebooks.
Subject
  • Since 1945
  • Situation comedies (Television programs) > United States > History and criticism
  • Television programs > Social aspects > United States
  • Popular culture > United States
  • Civilization
  • Popular culture
  • Situation comedies (Television programs)
  • Television programs > Social aspects
  • United States > Civilization > 1945-
  • United States
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Videography : (pages 246-248).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Comedy genre, humor theory -- Understanding the sitcom -- A critical/cultural history of the sitcom -- Comedy, family, and small towns -- Comedy, sex, and gender identity -- Comedy, race, ethnicity, and religion -- Comedy, televisuality, and convergence.
Call Number
MWGT 20-2562
ISBN
  • 9781138850941
  • 1138850942
  • 9781138850965
  • 1138850969
  • 9781315724454 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019047117
  • 40029719484
OCLC
1124776156
Author
Butler, Jeremy G., 1954- author.
Title
The sitcom / Jeremy G. Butler.
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge television guidebooks
Routledge television guidebooks.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1945
Other Form:
Online version: Butler, Jeremy G., The sitcom First. New York : Routledge, 2020. 9781315724454 (DLC) 2019047118
Other Standard Identifier
40029719484
Research Call Number
MWGT 20-2562
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