{"product_id":"comic-visions-television-comedy-and-american-culture-paperback-softback-9781577180036","title":"Comic Visions; Television Comedy and American Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9781577180036","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComic Visions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTelevision Comedy and American Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Marc (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781577180036, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 September 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.345 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A new edition of David Marc's \u003ci\u003eComic Visions\u003c\/i\u003e is grounds for rejoicing. His historical survey of TV comedy remains unrivalled, and new material on the cable era will be more than welcome.\" \u003ci\u003eFrancis Couvares, Amherst College.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David Marc's \u003ci\u003eComic Visions\u003c\/i\u003e is the outstanding book of its type: social and cultural analysis of the most popular and important comedic forms of television.\" \u003ci\u003eChad Gordon, Rice University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Recommended for all academic and large public libraries; all levels.\" \u003ci\u003eA. Hirsh, emeritus, Central Conneticut State University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eComic Visions\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition is an update of the most influential critical history of American television comedy. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMost comprehensive social and critical history of American television comedy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVery engaging, lucid and entertaining writing style \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApproaches social criticism without being too scholarly and pedantic \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePraise for the First Edition. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Ken Tucker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. What's So Funny About America?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Waking Up to Television.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Making of a Sitcom, 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Planet Earth to Sitcom, Planet Earth to Sitcom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Sitcom at Literate Peak.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Demographic Fantasies of the Reagan Era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Friends of the Family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to Television Comedy Series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52446163042584,"sku":"9781577180036","price":41.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781577180036.jpg?v=1785110827","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comic-visions-television-comedy-and-american-culture-paperback-softback-9781577180036","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}