{"product_id":"the-lonely-nineties-visions-of-community-in-contemporary-us-television-9783030065867","title":"The Lonely Nineties: Visions of Community in Contemporary Us Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Arras\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the most popular American television shows of the nineties--a decade at the last gasp of network television's cultural dominance. At a time when American culture seemed increasingly fragmented, television still offered something close to a site of national consensus. \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Nineties\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a different set of popular nineties television shows in each chapter and provides an in-depth reading of scenes, characters or episodes that articulate the overarching \"ideology\" of each series. It ultimately argues that television shows such as \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e helped to shape the ways Americans thought about themselves in relation to their friends, families, localities, and nation. It demonstrates how these shows engaged with a variety of problems in American civic life, responded to the social isolation of the age, and occasionally imagined improvements for community in America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45278682710167,"sku":"9783030065867","price":4142.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030065867.webp?v=1769291604","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-lonely-nineties-visions-of-community-in-contemporary-us-television-9783030065867","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}