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Nervous Laughter
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Television Situation Comedy and Liberal Democratic Ideology
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Artikel-Nr:
9780275928612
Veröffentl:
1989
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
17.05.1989
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Darrell Y. Hamamoto
Gewicht:
439 g
Format:
235x157x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
DARRELL Y. HAMAMOTO is a Professor of Sociology at National University and serves as program coordinator for the School of Arts and Sciences. His critical pieces and photographs have appeared in Rock and Roll Confidential, Pulse!, Film Quarterly, Guitar Player, L.A. Weekly, The Orange Country Register, and The Journal of Popular Film and Television.
Nervous Laughter examines 40 years of situation comedy, decade by decade, providing the first truly panoramic view of TV's most popular dramatic form. Within this context, Hamamoto traces what he describes as the dominant liberal democratic ideology implicit within situation comedy and explains its enduring popularity. "Critically analyzing four decades of television situation comedies from The Honeymooners to The Bill Cosby Show, Hamamoto shows how the sitcom reflects, explains, legitimates, and challenges the society in which it is grounded, illuminating the power of laughter both to reaffirm and to question existing social structures. . . . Hamamoto offers a well-researched and refreshingly lucid study, immensely readable for its astute scholarship. Indispensable for students and scholars of television, popular culture, and comedy." Choice
Hamamoto explores the vast wasteland of television and provides a provocative reading of the social and political significance of a neglected mediated text. Critically analyzing four decades of television situation comedies from The Honeymooners to The Bill Cosby Show, Hamamoto shows how the sitcom reflects, explains, legitimates, and challenges the society in which it is grounded, illumining the power of laughter both to reaffirm and to question existing social structures... Indispensible for students and scholars of television, popular culture, and comedy. Choice