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Living Room Lectures : The Fifties Family in Film and Television / Nina C. Leibman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leibman, Nina C. (Nina Clare), 1957- author.
- Series:
- Texas Film and Media Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television and families--United States.
- Television and families.
- Families in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- Nina Leibman analyzes many feature films and dozens of TV situation comedy episodes from 1954 to 1963 to find surprising commonalities in their representations of the family.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- PART ONE Contextual Explanations
- 1 The Melodramatic Territory
- 2 Corporate Soul-Mates
- 3 What the People Want
- 4 Rules and Regulations
- PART TWO Textual Implications
- 5 Power Plays
- 6 Boys and Girls Together
- 7 Family Finances
- 8 Conclusion
- APPENDIXES
- A Television Statistics
- B Film Statistics
- C Narrative Patterns
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Videography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780292757264
- 0292757263
- OCLC:
- 1393303673
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