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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433259503321

Autore

Polan Dana B. <1953->

Titolo

The Sopranos / / Dana Polan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, [NC], : Duke University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8223-4392-4

9786613065469

1-283-06546-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages)

Collana

Spin Offs.

Soggetti

Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism

Performing arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Spinoffs, a production of the Console-ing passions books series."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Watching The Sopranos -- Eight million stories in the naked city -- Food for thought -- Living in the moment -- The late style of The Sopranos -- Gaming The Sopranos -- Getting high with The Sopranos -- Qualifying "quality TV" -- "Honey, I'm home" -- Against interpretation -- New Jersey dreaming -- Tie-ins and hangers-on -- Touring postindustrialism -- Cashing in on the game -- Cable and the economics of experimentation -- This thing of ours.

Sommario/riassunto

In this concise analysis of the television show The Sopranos, a leading film and TV scholar explains the importance of the series in both its cultural and media-industry contexts.