Jim Cullen

Those Were the Days

Why All in the Family Still Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers the first full-length study of All in the Family, a show that dared to address such taboo topics as rape, abortion, menopause, homosexuality, and racial prejudice. Through a close analysis of the sitcom's four main characters, Jim Cullen demonstrates how All in the Family was able to appeal to a broad spectrum of viewers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781978805774
• ISBN-10: 1978805772
• Artikelnr.: 56752013

Autorenporträt

JIM CULLEN is the author of numerous books, including The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003) and Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (2012). A resident of Hastings on Hudson, New York, he has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Sarah Lawrence College, and is a longtime History teacher at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Broad(cast) Humor
1          Situation Comedy, Situation Tragedy: The Transitional World of
All in the Family
2          The Revolution, Televised: Origins of the Family
3          Fuzzy Reception: Meeting the Bunkers
4          Producing Comedy: Making All in the Family
5          The Character of Home: Chez Bunker
6          Not Bad for a Bigot: The Making of Archie Bunker
7          A Really Great Housewife: The Character of Edith Baines Bunker
8          Left In: The Liberal Arts of Michael Stivic
9          “Little Girl” to Mother: The Working-Class Feminism of Gloria
Bunker Stivic
10        Family Resemblance: The Rise and Fall of the Lear Television
Empire
Conclusion: Just Like Us
Acknowledgments
Index