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There's Never Been a Show Like Veggie Tales
Hillary Warren
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Description for There's Never Been a Show Like Veggie Tales
Paperback. A sociological examination of the production and audiences of Veggie Tales, a popular evangelical video series for children. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
Singing animated vegetables with Christian messages, The Veggie Tales children’s video series might seem strange to newcomers. But with their combination of media savvy, fun plots, and Biblical messages, Veggie Tales videos became standard viewing in millions of evangelical homes in the 1990s. Then in 1998, Veggie Tales videos began to appear in Wal-Mart and Target stores, a feat unprecedented for an avowedly Christian media company. In telling the story of Veggie Tales, communication professor Hillary Warren tells the history of religious communication in America, the story of a Christian company’s tension between selling God and selling out, the story of Christians struggling between the sacred and the secular in their media choices. Read it and you’ll see indeed why there’s never been a show like Veggie Tales.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759105690
SKU
V9780759105690
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99-15
About Hillary Warren
Hillary Warren is Assistant Professor of Communication at Otterbein College. Her research considers how religious families maintain distinctive cultures within a mediated society. Her earlier work on religious media, child-rearing, and markets has been published in the Journal of Media and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture: Studies on the Interaction of Worldviews (Stout and Buddenbaum, eds./Iowa State) and Religion, Media and Marketplace (Clark, ed./Rutgers). She has also served as head of the Religion and Media Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and as consulting editor of the Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication and Media (Routledge).
Reviews for There's Never Been a Show Like Veggie Tales
An impressive book—full of detail, nuanced and sophisticated, about the evolution of, and revolution in, contemporary Christian media. A solid contribution to media studies and the understanding of American religious life.
Charles Whitney, University of California, Riverside This is a timely, fascinating study that fills an important gap in the literature. Written in an engaging, accessible style, this book is chock full of valuable information about the emergence and development of Veggie Tales. But Warren also provides a wealth of valuable insights about the rapid evolution of Christian popular culture and its interplay with the broader marketplace. This is a book that deserves attention from anyone interested in contemporary evangelicalism, or in the nexus of religion, media, and cultural production.
Christopher Ellison, University of Texas, Austin Warren's work opens the eyes of the readers to see the inherent complexities with communicating sacred messages in a secular culture through free-market enterprise. The book is a worthwhile read for those concerned with this issue.
Musicology
Hillary Warren's fascinating look at Veggie Tales brings the insights of a scholar, journalist, and parent to bear on a phenomenon that has broad and provocative implications for the nature of religion in today's media-saturated culture.
Stewart M. Hoover, University of Colorado H-Net reviews / H-Amstdy, September, 2012: Overall, the book is well organized, transitions smoothly from chapter to chapter, and covers a lot of important ground. It will be useful for anyone interested in the sociology of religion and popular culture. It is a welcome addition to my bookshelf and should be given a close read by those interested in these subfields.
Charles Whitney, University of California, Riverside This is a timely, fascinating study that fills an important gap in the literature. Written in an engaging, accessible style, this book is chock full of valuable information about the emergence and development of Veggie Tales. But Warren also provides a wealth of valuable insights about the rapid evolution of Christian popular culture and its interplay with the broader marketplace. This is a book that deserves attention from anyone interested in contemporary evangelicalism, or in the nexus of religion, media, and cultural production.
Christopher Ellison, University of Texas, Austin Warren's work opens the eyes of the readers to see the inherent complexities with communicating sacred messages in a secular culture through free-market enterprise. The book is a worthwhile read for those concerned with this issue.
Musicology
Hillary Warren's fascinating look at Veggie Tales brings the insights of a scholar, journalist, and parent to bear on a phenomenon that has broad and provocative implications for the nature of religion in today's media-saturated culture.
Stewart M. Hoover, University of Colorado H-Net reviews / H-Amstdy, September, 2012: Overall, the book is well organized, transitions smoothly from chapter to chapter, and covers a lot of important ground. It will be useful for anyone interested in the sociology of religion and popular culture. It is a welcome addition to my bookshelf and should be given a close read by those interested in these subfields.