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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jim CullenPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9781978805774ISBN 10: 1978805772 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 17 January 2020 Recommended Age: From 16 to 99 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Broad(cast) Humor 1 Situation Comedy, Situation Tragedy: The Transitional World of All in the Family 2 The Revolution, Televised: Origins of the Family 3 Fuzzy Reception: Meeting the Bunkers 4 Producing Comedy: Making All in the Family 5 The Character of Home: Chez Bunker 6 Not Bad for a Bigot: The Making of Archie Bunker 7 A Really Great Housewife: The Character of Edith Baines Bunker 8 Left In: The Liberal Arts of Michael Stivic 9 “Little Girl” to Mother: The Working-Class Feminism of Gloria Bunker Stivic 10 Family Resemblance: The Rise and Fall of the Lear Television Empire Conclusion: Just Like Us Acknowledgments IndexReviewsLittle did I know about the world Archie Bunker and All in the Family were born into until I read Jim Cullen's informed and perceptive Those Were the Days: Why All In The Family Still Matters Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience. All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then? - Jim Cullen 'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then? by Jim Cullen--USA Today Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience. --Robert Thompson Founding Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Syracuse University Little did I know about the world Archie Bunker and All in the Family were born into until I read Jim Cullen's informed and perceptive Those Were the Days: Why All In The Family Matters. --Norman Lear 'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then? by Jim Cullen--USA Today Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience. --Robert Thompson Founding Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Syracuse University Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience. --Robert Thompson Founding Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Syracuse University 'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then? by Jim Cullen--USA Today Little did I know about the world Archie Bunker and All in the Family were born into until I read Jim Cullen's informed and perceptive Those Were the Days: Why All In The Family Matters. --Norman Lear Author InformationJIM CULLEN is the author of numerous books, including The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003) and Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (2012). A resident of Hastings on Hudson, New York, he has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Sarah Lawrence College, and is a longtime History teacher at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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