{"product_id":"comic-visions-isbn-9781577180036","title":"Comic Visions","description":"\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  Praise 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  \"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 \u003cb\u003eDavid Marc\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California and at the Department of Film and Television, UCLA. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice \u003c\/i\u003eand is the author of \u003ci\u003eDemographic Vistas, \u003c\/i\u003eRevised Edition (1996), and \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Humanities \u003c\/i\u003e(1995).  \u003ci\u003eComic Visions, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an update of the most influential critical history written on the evolution of American television comedy. In his witty, lucid, and insightful style, David Marc skilfully combines historical research with cultural analysis to provide an immensely readable study of television comedy as a reflection of the diversity and richness in American society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarc examines the roots of television comedy beginning with the influence of Vaudeville, cinema and radio on the variety shows and sitcoms of the 1940's and 1950's. He then moves into television's response to the turbulent 1960's and the great expansion of situational comedy popular in the 1970's. A completely new chapter looks at recent developments such as Comedy Central and the proliferation of stand-up comedy and also includes an engaging analysis of why shows like \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e are such major hits in the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Ken Tucker, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988949024997,"sku":"NP9781577180036","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781577180036.jpg?v=1761782171","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/comic-visions-isbn-9781577180036","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}