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Lucky strikes and a three martini lunch : thinking about television's Mad Men / edited by Jennifer C. Dunn, Jimmie Manning and Danielle M. Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nineteen sixties.
- United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
- United States.
- Mad men (Television program).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
- Summary:
- This second edition of Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch: Thinking About Television's Mad Men explores the attributes of the AMC series that allow it to be such a popular and vital contribution to contemporary cultural discourse. Set in the 1960's in New York, the Emmy and Peabody-winning series follows the competitive, seductive, and oftentimes ruthless lives of the men and women of Madison Avenue's advertising agencies. Many alluring and captivating qualities constitute the Mad Men experience: the way it evokes nostalgia, even from those who did not live in the era being portrayed;....
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Part One. Mad Men, the American Dream, and Happiness
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Part Two. Male Identity and Authenticity
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Part III. Mad Men and Expectations of Women's Roles Yesterday and Today
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Part IV. Advertising and Culture
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Part IV. Mad Men and Media Culture
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Part VI. What Can We Learn from a TV Show?
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Complete Episode List
- References
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-8422-7
- OCLC:
- 951223738
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