| Description |
xxxvi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Reading contemporary television
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Reading contemporary television.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Industry and authorship. The selling of Mad Men: a production history / Gary R. Edgerton -- 'If it's too easy, then usually there's something wrong': an interview with Mad Men's executive producer Scott Hornbacher / Brian Rose -- Don Draper confronts the maddest men of the sixties: Bob Dylan and George Lois / Ron Simon -- pt. 2. Visual and aural stylistics and influences. 'Smoke gets in your eyes': historicizing visual style in Mad Men / Jeremy G. Butler -- Uneasy listening: music, sound, and criticizing Camelot in Mad Men / Tim Anderson -- Suggestive silence in season one / Maurice Yacowar -- pt. 3. Narrative dynamics and genealogy. Learning to live with television in Mad Men / Horace Newcomb -- Space ships and time machines: Mad Men and the serial condition / Sean O'Sullivan -- 'The catastrophe of my personality': Frank O'Hara, Don Draper and the poetics of Mad Men / David Lavery -- pt. 4. Sexual politics and gender roles : Mad women / Mimi White -- Women on the verge of the second wave / Mary Beth Haralovich -- The best of everything: the limits of being a working girl in Mad Men / Kim Akass and Janet McCabe -- pt. 5. Cultural memory and the American dream. Men behaving as boys: the culture of Mad Men / William Siska -- The strange career of Mad Men: race, paratexts and civil rights memory / Allison Perlman -- Mad Men: a roots tale of the information age / David Marc -- Creative team and cast list -- Episode guide. |
| Summary |
Every very few years a new television program comes along to capture and express the zeitgeist. Mad Men is now that show. Since premiering in July 2007, it's won numerous awards, is syndicated across the globe, and its imprint is evident throughout contemporary culture. Series' creator Matthew Weiner, a former executive producer on The Sopranos, presents another set of compelling, complex characters. They are living out the American dream. Then why are they so unhappy? Why is their 'dream come true' not enough? Mad Men explores, analyzes and celebrates this cutting-edge TV drama and popular phenomenon. It also includes an interview with the show's Executive Producer Scott Hornbacher and an episode guide. -- |
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Gary R Eager: ix is Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University. He has published eight books, more than seventy-five essays on a wide assortment of media and culture topics, and is co-editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television. --Book Jacket. |
| Subject |
Mad men (Television program)
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Mad men (Television program) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Edgerton, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1952-
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| ISBN |
9781848853799 paperback |
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1848853793 paperback |
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