The Simpsons' beloved Springfield : essays on the TV series and town that are part of us all / edited by Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waltonen, Karma, 1975- editor.

Du Vernay, Denise, 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simpsons (Television program).

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Beloved Springfield

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"First aired in 1989, The Simpsons has become America's most beloved animated show. It changed the world of television, bringing to the screen a cartoon for adults, a sitcom without a laugh track, an imperfect lower class family, a mixture of high and low comedy and satire for the masses. This collection of new essays explores the many ways in which The Simpsons reflects everyday life through its exploration of gender roles, music, death, food politics, science and religion, anxiety, friendship and more."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction: putting the spring in Sprinfield / Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay

The Simpsons timeline (forever incomplete) / Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay

This town is a part of them (and us) all / Denise Du Vernay

The Simpsons, gender roles and witchcraft: the witch in modern popular culture / Sara Antinora

"Owning your okayness": the Simpsons as"good enough" parents / Summer Block

Be sharp: the Simpsons and music / Durrell Bowman

RIP in Springfield: rhetorics of death / Jennifer Richardson Burg

The grotesque and the beautiful: the bodies of Springfield / Brent Walter Cline and Matthew Nelson Hill

"Will you take us to Mt. Splashmore?": commercials and consumerism / Brian N. Duchaney

"I'll repress the rage I'm feeling!": food politics / Timothy L. Glenn

This is not a library! This is not a Kwik-E-Mart!: the satire of libraries, librarians and reference desk air-hockey tables / Casey D. Hoeve

Just a little kick in the bum: the Simpsons vs. the nations of the world / Travis Holland

"So you're calling God a liar!": an unbiased comparison of science and religion / Wm. Curtis Holtzen

"Animation is built on plagiarism": the Simpsons and Hitchcock, parody and Pastiche / Zachary Ingle

Is yellow the new green?: the banal environmentalism of the Simpsons / David Krantz

Fear of a yellow planet: the eight-fingered, cartoon version of anxiety / Seth Madej

In search of another story: satire and the Simpsons / Duncan Reyburn

"It's not selling out; it's co-branding!": watching and consuming the Simpsons in a digital age / Tyler Shores

Aristotle in Springfield: on friendship / Zachary Tavlin

Homer as homework: the Simpsons in the college classroom / Lisa Whalen

What we all came her to see

sex / Karma Waltonen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476674551

1476674558

OCLC:

1120120786