03360nam 2200649 450 991079747880332120170918150344.01-78238-700-510.1515/9781782387008(CKB)3710000000449036(EBL)1767515(SSID)ssj0001517913(PQKBManifestationID)12566821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517913(PQKBWorkID)11509177(PQKB)10196109(MiAaPQ)EBC1767515(DE-B1597)636003(DE-B1597)9781782387008(EXLCZ)99371000000044903620150731h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTelevision's moment sitcom audiences and the sixties cultural revolution /Christina von HodernbergNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2015.©20151 online resource (342 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-699-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Television's Moment; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction - Negotiating the Sixties; Chapter 1 - Three Sitcoms; Chapter 2 - Three Settings; Chapter 3 - The Era of Limited Choice; Chapter 4 - Alf Garnett and the British Lifestyle Revolution; Chapter 5 - Archie Bunker and the American Lifestyle Revolution; Chapter 6 - Alfred Tetzlaff and the West German Lifestyle Revolution; Chapter 7 - Comedy against Racism; Chapter 8 - Trading TV Bigots; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Television was one of the forces shaping the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when a blockbuster TV series could reach up to a third of a country's population. This book explores television's impact on social change by comparing three sitcoms and their audiences. The shows in focus - Till Death Us Do Part in Britain, All in the Family in the United States, and One Heart and One Soul in West Germany - centered on a bigoted anti-hero and his family. Between 1966 and 1979 they saturated popular culture, and managed to accelerate as well as deradicalize value changes and collective attSituation comedies (Television programs)Great BritainSituation comedies (Television programs)United StatesSituation comedies (Television programs)Germany (West)TelevisionSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryTelevisionSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTelevisionSocial aspectsGermany (West)History20th centurySituation comedies (Television programs)Situation comedies (Television programs)Situation comedies (Television programs)TelevisionSocial aspectsHistoryTelevisionSocial aspectsHistoryTelevisionSocial aspectsHistory791.45/617AP 37740BVBrvkHodenberg Christina von1544776MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797478803321Television's moment3799234UNINA