Parody and taste in postwar American television culture

Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at midcentury -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated...

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1. Verfasser: Thompson, Ethan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Routledge 2011
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Routledge advances in television studies 1
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at midcentury -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : masculinity 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?
Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at midcentury -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : masculinity 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?
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 168 S
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24 cm
ISBN:0415886384
0-415-88638-4
9780415886383
978-0-415-88638-3
9780203832936
978-0-203-83293-6