Parody and taste in postwar American television culture. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ethan Thompson.
• Other Names: Thompson, Ethan
• Contents: Introduction : the parodic impulse in the (Not-So) fabulous Fifties -- The new, sick sense: the mediation of America's health and humor at midcentury -- What, me subversive? MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze : masculinity and taste in Playboy's Penthouse -- Ernie Kovacs and the logics of television parody and electronic trickery -- Black tie, straightjacket : Oscar Levant's sick life on TV -- Conclusion : television for people who hate television?
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (180 pages), (20 illustrations)
• Subjects: 302.23/45; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States; Television broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Parody; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; HUMOR / General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136839795; 1136839798
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.