Overview
During the 1980s, U.S. television experienced a reinvigoration of the family sitcom genre. In TV Family Values, Alice Leppert focuses on the impact the decade's television shows had on middle class family structure. These sitcoms sought to appeal to upwardly mobile ""career women"" and were often structured around non-nuclear families and the reorganization of housework. Drawing on Foucauldian and feminist theories, Leppert examines the nature of sitcoms such as Full House, Family Ties, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show, and Who's the Boss? against the backdrop of a time period generally remembered as socially conservative and obsessed with traditional family values.
Full Product Details
Author: Alice Leppert
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.004kg
ISBN: 9780813592688
ISBN 10: 0813592682
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 March 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The sharp and insightful analysis of 1980s family sitcoms we need! An engaging assessment of TV comedy in a changing culture of gender, work, and home during a transitional decade. --Elana Levine author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television Insightful, well-argued and carefully researched, TV Family Values gives a rich and multifaceted picture of the social, cultural and political currents at play in 80s sitcoms. --Joanne Morreale author of Advertising and Promotional Culture: Case Histories
Recommended. --Choice The sharp and insightful analysis of 1980s family sitcoms we need! An engaging assessment of TV comedy in a changing culture of gender, work, and home during a transitional decade. --Elana Levine author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television Insightful, well-argued and carefully researched, TV Family Values gives a rich and multifaceted picture of the social, cultural and political currents at play in 80s sitcoms. --Joanne Morreale author of Advertising and Promotional Culture: Case Histories Leppert provides an excellent analysis of the significant storylines and fantasies that provided a lens with which to view the realities of the Reagan Era. --H-Net
The sharp and insightful analysis of 1980s family sitcoms we need! An engaging assessment of TV comedy in a changing culture of gender, work, and home during a transitional decade. --Elana Levine author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television Recommended. --Choice Insightful, well-argued and carefully researched, TV Family Values gives a rich and multifaceted picture of the social, cultural and political currents at play in 80s sitcoms. --Joanne Morreale author of Advertising and Promotional Culture: Case Histories
Author Information
ALICE LEPPERT is an assistant professor of media and communication studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
