1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791854903321

Autore

Thompson Ethan

Titolo

Parody and taste in postwar American television culture / / Ethan Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge : , : New York, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-83979-8

1-136-83980-1

1-283-04125-1

9786613041258

0-203-83293-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in television studies ; ; no. 1

Disciplina

302.23/45

Soggetti

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Television broadcasting - United States - History - 20th century

Parody

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (not-so) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at mid-century -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : nasculinity and taste in Playboy's Penthouse -- Ernie Kovacs and the logics of television parody and electronic trickery -- Black tie, straightjacket : Oscar Levant's sick life on TV -- Conclusion : television for people who hate television?

Sommario/riassunto

In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture documents how Americans grew accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through comedy that is simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny. Along with the rapid growth of television in the 1950s, an explosion of satire and parody took place across a wide field of American culture-in



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2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00076637

Autore

HAILE, Getatchew

Titolo

A catalogue of ethiopian manuscripts microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa and for The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville. Vol. IX: Project numbers 3501-4000 / Getachew Haile

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collegeville, : Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1987

Descrizione fisica

xi,398 p., c. di tav. ; 29 cm

Soggetti

MANOSCRITTI ETIOPICI - Cataloghi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910890973803321

Titolo

Ius Ecclesiae : rivista internazionale di diritto canonico

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Centro accademico romano della Santa Croce

Milano, : Giuffrè, [1989?-]

ISSN

1972-5671

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

262.9/05

Soggetti

Canon law

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico