Sitcoms and Culture
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Sitcoms and Culture

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eBook - ePub

Sitcoms and Culture

About this book

Does it matter what television we watch? Despite their stodgy reputation among many consumers of television, sitcoms, or situation comedies, have stuck around as a cornerstone of the television landscape.

Sitcoms and Culture examines sitcoms as cultural artifacts ripe for exploration as they reflect the shifting landscapes of our society. From questions of social change to the portrayal of women and other racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities, sitcoms have evolved alongside the major social changes of the last half century. Using an interdisciplinary approach, author James Shanahan combines research on cultural indicators with an empirical methodology and cultural analysis to examine over 50 years of sitcoms to discern the reality of how these comedies have portrayed life to us across generations of television.

Sitcoms and Culture helps us gain a deeper understanding of how sitcoms mirror and shape societal norms and of the pivotal role they have played in reflecting and influencing cultural trends.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1. Cultural Indicators
  8. Chapter 2. A Brief History of Situation Comedies
  9. Chapter 3. “Sitlit”: Sitcoms and Their Images, Content, and Effects
  10. Chapter 4. Family, Life, Love, Good, House: The Universe and Demography of Sitcoms
  11. Chapter 5. Textual Analysis
  12. Chapter 6. Sitcoms, Cultural Indicators, and Social Change
  13. Afterword
  14. Appendix A: Situation Comedies Referenced
  15. Appendix B: Sitcom Syllabus
  16. Bibliography
  17. Authors Cited Index
  18. Subjects Index
  19. About the Author