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Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s
Lauren M. E. Goodlad
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Description for Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s
Hardback. In this comprehensive analysis of the TV series Mad Men, scholars explore the groundbreaking drama in relation to fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Since the show's debut in 2007, Mad Men has invited viewers to immerse themselves in the lush period settings, ruthless Madison Avenue advertising culture, and arresting characters at the center of its 1960s fictional world. Mad Men, Mad World is a comprehensive analysis of this groundbreaking TV series. Scholars from across the humanities consider the AMC drama from a fascinating array of perspectives, including fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format, as well as through theoretical frames such as critical race theory, gender, queer theory, global studies, and psychoanalysis.
Since the show's debut in 2007, Mad Men has invited viewers to immerse themselves in the lush period settings, ruthless Madison Avenue advertising culture, and arresting characters at the center of its 1960s fictional world. Mad Men, Mad World is a comprehensive analysis of this groundbreaking TV series. Scholars from across the humanities consider the AMC drama from a fascinating array of perspectives, including fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format, as well as through theoretical frames such as critical race theory, gender, queer theory, global studies, and psychoanalysis.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822354024
SKU
V9780822354024
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About Lauren M. E. Goodlad
Lauren M. E. Goodlad is University Scholar, Associate Professor of English, and Director of the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of The Victorian Geopolitical Aesthetic: Realism, Sovereignty, and Transnational Experience (forthcoming) and a coeditor of Goth: Undead Subculture, also published by Duke University Press. Lilya Kaganovsky is Associate ... Read more
Reviews for Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s
“Just as Mad Men charms its viewers by using sex, drugs, snappy banter, and pretty people to make heavy topics (sexism, racism, dreams diffused) palatable, the editors of Mad Men, Mad World trust that some TV glamour will get readers interested in digesting academic theories. It's not wrong. Full of dense, fascinating writing, Mad Men, Mad World, from Duke University ... Read more