Parody and taste in postwar American television culture /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Ethan Thompson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 168 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge advances in television studies ;
Volume Designation
1
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at mid-century -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : nasculinity and taste in Playboy's penthouse -- Ernie Kovacs and the logics of television parody and electronic trickery -- Black tie, straightjacket : Oscar Levant's sick life on TV -- Conclusion : television for people who hate television?
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Parody
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 20th century
Television broadcasting-- Social aspects-- United States
Television broadcasting-- United States-- History-- 20th century