Comic Visions
Television Comedy and American Culture
2nd Edition
Published on 13. September 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-57718-003-6 (ISBN)
Description
Comic Visions, Second Edition is an update of the most influential critical history of American television comedy.
Most comprehensive social and critical history of American television comedy
Very engaging, lucid and entertaining writing style
Approaches social criticism without being too scholarly and pedantic
Most comprehensive social and critical history of American television comedy
Very engaging, lucid and entertaining writing style
Approaches social criticism without being too scholarly and pedantic
Reviews / Votes
"A new edition of David Marc's Comic Visions is grounds for rejoicing. His historical survey of TV comedy remains unrivalled, and new material on the cable era will be more than welcome." Francis Couvares, Amherst College."David Marc's Comic Visions is the outstanding book of its type: social and cultural analysis of the most popular and important comedic forms of television." Chad Gordon, Rice University.
"Recommended for all academic and large public libraries; all levels." A. Hirsh, emeritus, Central Conneticut State University.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57718-003-6 (9781577180036)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
02/1989
Routledge
€33.61
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Person
David Marc teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California and at the Department of Film and Television, UCLA. He is a frequent contributor to The Village Voice and is the author of Demographic Vistas, Revised Edition (1996), and Bonfire of the Humanities (1995).
Content
Praise for the First Edition. Acknowledgments.
Foreword by Ken Tucker.
Preface to the Second Edition.
1. What's So Funny About America?.
2. Waking Up to Television.
3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961.
4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom.
5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak.
6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era.
7. Friends of the Family.
Bibliography.
Index to Television Comedy Series.
General Index.
Foreword by Ken Tucker.
Preface to the Second Edition.
1. What's So Funny About America?.
2. Waking Up to Television.
3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961.
4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom.
5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak.
6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era.
7. Friends of the Family.
Bibliography.
Index to Television Comedy Series.
General Index.