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Mad men : the death and redemption of American democracy / edited by Sara MacDonald and Andrew Moore.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.M226 M3365 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Politics, literature, & film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mad men (Television program).
- Television programs--Political aspects--United States.
- Television programs.
- Television programs--Social aspects--United States.
- Television programs--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 186 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- For seven seasons, AMC's Mad Men captivated audiences with the story of Don Draper, an advertising executive whose personal and professional successes and failures took viewers on a roller coaster ride through America's tumultuous 1960s. More than just a television show about one of advertising's "bad boys," the series investigates the principles of the American regime, exploring whether or not the American Dream is a sustainable vision of human flourishing and happiness. Mad Men: The Death and Redemption of American Democracy investigates the show's engagement with the philosophic and political foundations of American democracy. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Sara MacDonald and Andrew Moore
- Freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Mad men and the end of history / Barry Craig
- Don Draper's life, his liberty, and his need for happiness / T.D. Anderson
- American dreams. Mad men's selective nostalgia and uncertain progress / John-Paul Spiro and Peter Augustine Lawler
- Mastering the infinite: Mad men's poetic modernity / Matthew D. Dinan
- Equality and opportunity. "Just like a man does": gender, sexual orientation, and autonomy in Mad men / Dave Snow
- Mad men's tell-tale heart of racism / Amanda Dipaolo
- Redemption. Dante and Don Draper share a Coke / Sara MacDonald
- Between past and future: promises and forgiveness in Mad men / Andrew Moore.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mad men
- ISBN:
- 9781498526968
- 1498526969
- OCLC:
- 949986896
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