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Heartland TV : prime time television and the struggle for U.S. identity
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Heartland TV : prime time television and the struggle for U.S. identity

Author: Victoria E Johnson
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Through analyses of policy, industry discourse, and case studies of specific shows, this title exposes the cultural function of the Midwest as a site of national transference and disavowal with  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Victoria E Johnson
ISBN: 9780814742921 0814742920 9780814742938 0814742939
OCLC Number: 156845811
Description: x, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: TV, the heartland myth, and the value of cultural populism --
"Essential, desirable, and possible markets": broadcasting midwestern tastes and values --
Square dancing and champagne music: regional aesthetics and Middle America --
"Strictly conventional and moral": CBS Reports in Webster Groves --
"You're gonna make it after all!": the urbane Midwest in MTM Productions' "quality" comedies --
"There is no 'Dayton chic'": queering the Midwest in Roseanne, Ellen, and The Ellen Show --
Fertility among the ruins: reconstituting the traumatized heartland --
Epilogue: Red state, blue state, purple heartland.
Responsibility: Victoria E. Johnson.
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"A groundbreaking book, highly original in concept and persuasive in its execution. Johnson elegantly rewrites the history of American television with an eye to its geographical imaginary." ANNA Read more...

 
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