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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nancy Batty and Heather Marcovitch -- Working Girls. Sex, Novels, and the Working Girl: Mad Men and Women's Bestsellers of the 1960s / Heather Marcovitch -- What Do a Meaningless Secretary and a Humorless Bitch Have in Common? Everything, or, Joan, Peggy, and the Convergence of Mad Men's Career Girls / Ann Ciasullo -- Not a "Jackie", not a "Marilyn": Mad Men and the Threat of Peggy Olson / Mary Ruth Marotte -- Joey, Joan, and the Gold-Plated Necklace / Hannah Farrell -- Mad Men? The Portrayal of Mad Women in the Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Of Mad Men's First Season / Joan Crate -- Utopian Visions and Social Realities. Is this the Traditional American Family We've Been Hearing So Much About?: Marriage, Children, and Family Values in Mad Men / Julia C. Wilson and Joseph H. Lane, Jr. -- The Good Place That Cannot Be: Visual Representations of Utopia on Mad Men / Jessica Campbell -- Carla: A Woman of Quiet Strength and Dignity / Elwood Watson -- Beautiful Girls, Feminist Consciousness, and Civil Rights / Beth Mauldin and Patricia Ventura -- Mad Men's Generations: Domesticity and the Family -- "It Was All a Fog": Motherhood and the Birth Experience in Mad Men / Katie Arosteguy -- Tearing Out the Kitchen / Angela Rasmussen and Andrea Reid -- Bishops, Knights, and Pawns: Mad Men and Narrative Strategy / Carol M. Dole -- Mad Men's Epoch-Eclipse: Marking Time with Sally Draper / Nancy Batty. |
| Summary |
Mad Men, Women, and Chilren: Essays on Gender and Generation, edited by Heather Marcovitch and Nancy Batty, offers multiple perspectives on the representation of women and children in the popular AMC series, Mad Men. These essays explore the rich historical and social context portrayed in the series and connect the concerns and tumult of the sixties to the contemporary moment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mad men (Television program)
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Mad men (Television program) |
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Mad men (Television program) |
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Women on television.
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Women on television. |
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Children on television.
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Children on television. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Marcovitch, Heather, 1969-
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Batty, Nancy Ellen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mad men, women, and children. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012 9780739173787 (DLC) 2012018921 (OCoLC)793224287 |
| ISBN |
9780739173794 (electronic book) |
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0739173790 (electronic book) |
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9780739173787 |
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0739173782 |
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