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  • Perspectives on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

    Nuanced Postnetwork Television

    by David Diffrient, Chelsea McCracken, William Stevenson, Caitlin Ray, Hazel Mackenzie, Kathleen W. Taylor Kollman, Lauren Boumaroun, Margaret Tally, Stephanie Salerno, Christine Prevas, Marija Laugalyte, Bibi Burger, Carel van Rooyen, Christi Cook ...
    Series series Television and Popular Culture
    With an off-putting title and a decidedly retrograde premise, the CW dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a surprising choice for critical analysis. But, loyal viewers quickly came to appreciate the show’s sharp cultural critique through masterful parody, and this strategy has made it a critical darling and earned it several awards throughout its run. In ways not often seen on traditional network ... Read more

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  • Charles Dickens & the Mid-Victorian Press, 1850-1870

    by John Drew, Hazel MacKenzie, Ben Winyard ...
    Charles Dickens effectively re-invented periodical literature in the nineteenth century, with his phenomenally popular serialised novels published in the weekly magazines 'Household Words' and 'All the Year Round' between 1850 and 1870.Already a world-famous author, Dickens was often the principal contributor of these periodicals, and with that position of power, he was able to direct the gaze of ... Read more

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  • True Story

    What Reality TV Says About Us

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    Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 by EsquireA sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium—and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class, and sexualityWhat do we see when we watch reality television?In True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us, the sociologist and TV-lover Danielle J. Lindemann takes a long, hard look in the ... Read more

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  • Mad Men, Mad World

    Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s

    Edited by Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Lilya Kaganovsky, Robert A. Rushing ...
    Since the show's debut in 2007, Mad Men has invited viewers to immerse themselves in the lush period settings, ruthless Madison Avenue advertising culture, and arresting characters at the center of its 1960s fictional world. Mad Men, Mad World is a comprehensive analysis of this groundbreaking TV series. Scholars from across the humanities consider the AMC drama from a fascinating array of ... Read more

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  • How to Watch Television, Second Edition

    Edited by Ethan Thompson, Jason Mittell ...
    Series Book 3 - User's Guides to Popular Culture
    A new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the presentWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it “good” or “bad.” Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program’s cultural significance, ... Read more

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  • The Comedy Studies Reader

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    From classical Hollywood film comedies to sitcoms, recent political satire, and the developing world of online comedy culture, comedy has been a mainstay of the American media landscape for decades. Recognizing that scholars and students need an authoritative collection of comedy studies that gathers both foundational and cutting-edge work, Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz have assembled The Comedy ... Read more

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  • Film Theory Goes to the Movies

    Cultural Analysis of Contemporary Film

    Edited by Jim Collins, Ava Preacher Collins, Hilary Radner ...
    Series series AFI Film Readers
    Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters. The contributors in this volume, however, discuss such popular films as The*Silence of the Lambs, Dances With Wolves, Terminator II,Pretty Woman, Truth or Dare, Mystery Train, and *JungleFever.They employ a variety of critical approaches, from industry analysis to ... Read more

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  • Feminism at the Movies

    Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

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    Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today’s changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary films across a range of genres, such as chick flicks, teen pics, hommecoms, horror, action adventure, ... Read more

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  • Reading American Horror Story

    Essays on the Television Franchise

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    Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls

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