Jeremy G. Butler (USA University of Alabama)

The Sitcom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genreâ s position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the US.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Television Guidebooks
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 132mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781138850965
• ISBN-10: 1138850969
• Artikelnr.: 58052286

Autorenporträt

Jeremy G. Butler is Professor of Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He has published book chapters and articles on the sitcom in Journal of Film and Video and Cinema Journal. He is the author of Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture and Television Style.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Comedy Genre
Humor Theory [Modern Family] 1. Understanding the Sitcom 2. A Critical/Cultural History of the Sitcom [I Love Lucy] 3. Comedy
Family
and Small Towns [The Andy Griffith Show] 4. Comedy
Sex
and Gender Identity [Sex and the City] 5. Comedy
Race
Ethnicity
and Religion [Black-ish] 6. Comedy
Televisuality
and Convergence [The Simpsons]