Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandising
Author:   Morris Holbrook
Publisher:   The Popular Press
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9780879726218


Pages:   125
Publication Date:   31 January 1993
Format:   Hardback
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Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandising


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A neglected genre that promises to shed light on the culture of consumption appears in the form of the daytime television game shows whose hegemonic message seems to convey and to justify a widespread obeisance to the mandate of materialism. A close analysis of the longest running game show, The Price Is Right, suggests that all facets of this program combine to reinforce its central meaning as a ritualistic validation of consumption-oriented greed.

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Author:   Morris Holbrook
Publisher:   The Popular Press
Imprint:   The Popular Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.189kg
ISBN:  

9780879726218


ISBN 10:   0879726210
Pages:   125
Publication Date:   31 January 1993
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

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