{"product_id":"9783030065867","title":"The Lonely Nineties: Visions of Community in Contemporary US Television","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Lonely Nineties: Visions of Community in Contemporary US Television\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eArras, Paul\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-01-26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030065867\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-93094-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 238\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45440988741772,"sku":"9783030065867","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030065867.jpg?v=1776782400","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030065867","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}