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In its exploration of some of the most influential, popular, or
critically acclaimed television dramas since the year 2000, this
book documents how modern television dramas reflect our society
through their complex narratives about prevailing economic,
political, security, and social issues. Television dramas have
changed since the turn of the 21st century-for the good, many would
say, as a result of changes in technology, the rise of cable
networks, and increased creative freedom. This book approaches the
new golden age of television dramas by examining the programs that
define the first 15 years of the new century through their complex
narratives, high production value, star power, popularity, and
enthusiastic fan culture. After an introduction that sets the stage
for the book's content, thematic sections present concise chapters
that explore key connections between television dramas and elements
of 21st-century culture. The authors explore Downton Abbey as a
distraction from contemporary class struggles, patriarchy and the
past in Game of Thrones and Mad Men, and portrayals of the "dark
hero protagonist" in The Sopranos, Dexter, and Breaking Bad, as a
few examples of the book's coverage. With its multidisciplinary
perspectives on a variety of themes-terrorism, race/class/gender,
family dynamics, and sociopolitical and socioeconomic topics- this
book will be relevant across the social sciences and cultural and
media studies courses. Identifies and explores connections between
critically acclaimed television dramas and real life in the 21st
century Documents the qualities of television drama series since
the turn of the 21st century in the latest era in television that
some refer to as the "third golden age of television" Offers
accessible analysis of popular and current television dramas
relevant to educators and students in the fields of media studies,
television, and popular culture as well as anyone who enjoys modern
television drama
As men and women traveled west to settle America's untamed lands,
and tried to "strike it rich" in gold, they led a simple existence,
often carrying the barest necessities from one location to another.
Yet they also carried with them their own popular culture, through
folk songs, legends, and literature, that has often been
mythologized into our present American popular culture. Through
primary sources such as letters, diaries, and photographs, the
author draws parallels and makes distinctions between the pioneers
and cowboys of the past and those of today. Students and fans of
the Old West will find this volume a rich source of history for
this time period. Many images and items in today's popular culture
were born in the time of westward expansion. Log cabins, cowboys
such as the Marlboro Man and Woody of Toy Story fame, and Levi's
jeans, all have their roots in the Old West. Outlaws such as Wild
Bill Hikock, Billy the Kid, and Jesse James, and "good guys" such
as Davy Crockett, continue to fascinate students and western
enthusiasts. Traveling entertainments, mail-order houses, and
patent medicines, although no longer popular in today's society,
tell us much about the nomadic existence of families during this
time. With a timeline and a list of everyday products and their
prices during the time period, this volume will be an invaluable
resource to students and historians tracing the roots of American
popular culture.
This book offers an exploration of the comprehensive impact of the
events of September 11, 2001, on every aspect of American culture
and society. On Thanksgiving day after September 11, 2001, comic
strip creators directed readers to donate money in their artwork,
generating $50,000 in relief funds. The world's largest radio
network, Clear Channel, sent a memo to all of its affiliated
stations recommending 150 songs that should be eliminated from
airplay because of assumptions that their lyrics would be perceived
as offensive in light of the events of 9/11. On the first
anniversary of September 11th, choirs around the world performed
Mozart's Requiem at 8:46 am in each time zone, the time of the
first attack on the World Trade Center. These examples are just
three of the ways the world—but especially the United
States—responded to the events of September 11, 2001. Each
chapter in this book contains a chronological overview of the sea
of changes in everyday life, literature, entertainment, news and
media, and visual culture after September 11. Shorter essays focus
on specific books, TV shows, songs, and films.
What is it about some books that makes them timeless? Cultural
History of Reading looks at books from their earliest beginnings
through the present day, in both the U.S. and regions all over the
world. Not only fiction and literature, but religious works,
dictionaries, scientific works, and home guides such as Mrs.
Beeton's all have had an impact on not only their own time and
place, but continue to capture the attention of readers today.
Volume 1 examines the history of books in regions throughout the
world, identifying both literature and nonfiction that was
influenced by cultural events of its time. Volume 2 identifies
books from the pre-colonial era to the present day that have had
lasting significance in the United States. History students and
book lovers alike will enjoy discovering the books that have
impacted our world. Volume I: World Literature (by region)-The
Americas (North, Central, South, Caribbean) -Timeline
-Introduction: Relationships between Canadian, Caribbean and Latin
American Indigenous, colonial and post-colonial experiences, and
the forces that shaped the production of literature(s) in this
region. -Lit. by period (the focus here will be on Lat. Am.,
Caribbean and Canadian literatures). Pre Columbian - Colonial
Establishment - Colonial period - Twentieth Century - Contemporary
- Europe and Britain -Timeline -Introduction: The expansion of
Christianity as a culturally-unifying influence, and the rise of
intellectual experimentation as a parallel movement. The influence
of technology on textual production, distribution and consumption.
Lit. by period Establishment of Christianity - Medieval period -
The Renaissance - The Enlightenment - Romanticism - The
NineteenthCentury - Modernism - Post-Modernism - Asia and the
Pacific -Timeline. -Introduction: Geographic and cultural isolation
as shapers of distinct social and cultural experiences. Highly
differentiated textual forms and philosophies of writing. The
influence of European colonization, war, technology and leisure
travel on textual production. -Lit. by nation/region then be
further analyzed according to its own history China - Japan - South
East Asia - Australia - New Zealand - The South Pacific and
Melanesia - -South Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent (India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan: Timeline
Introduction: The parallel, but hostile, development of two
language, myth and textual systems in shared space. Colonial
representation and post-colonial re-inscription of history. - Lit.
by period The classical period - European arrival - The Colonial
period - Independence - Contemporary period - Africa and The Middle
East -Timeline -Introduction: The oldest languages on earth.
Layering of civilizations, gods and spirits. The literature of
White natives. The discourse of slavery and liberation. Lit. by
culture The rise of Islam - The Islamic nations - The rise of
Christianity - The arrival of the Europeans - African independence
- The creation of Israel - Contemporary African Literatures -
Contemporary Arab Literatures - Volume II: American Literature (by
time period)-Pre-colonial -Timeline: events occurring prior to
roughly1700 Introduction: The literature of exploration and
cultural contact, including translations of indigenous writings and
writing of European settlers. -Settlement and Colonization;
-Timeline events occurring roughly between 1700-1776 -Introduction:
Literature of settlement and colonization, including religious,
scientific, and philosophical writings. The debates surrounding The
Great Awakening, Salem witch trials. Revolution and the New
Republic; -Timeline Revents occurring roughly between 1776-1820
-Introduction: Writings leading up to and surrounding the
Revolutionary War, the founding documents and early challenges to
the idea that "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were
equally accessible to everyone. Writing of a new nation, American
romanticism. -Forming a National Identity; -Timeline events
occurring roughly between 1820-1860 -Introduction: Writings that
defined a nation, with particular emphasis on the improved
transportation, increased immigration, westward expansion, removal
of Native Americans. -The Civil War; -Timeline events occurring
roughly between 1861-1865 -Introduction: The literature of slavery
and civil war. -Growth of a Nation; -Timeline events occurring
roughly between 1865-1913 -Introduction: Writings engaging the
social, economic, and political changes that arose from
industrialization, western settlement, increased immigration, urban
growth, mass production, the middle class, organized labor, and the
theories of Darwin -The Great War and the Great Depression;
-Timeline events occurring roughly between 1914-1945 -Introduction:
prohibition, segregation, crash of the stock market, the 19th
amendment, Freud/psychoanalysis, the automobile -A Nation Goes To
and Comes Home from War; -Timeline events occurring roughly between
1945-1960 -Introduction: World War II, the rise of the suburbs,
television, the Cold War -Rebellions and Countercultures; -Timeline
events occurring roughly between 1960-1979-Introduction: Vietnam,
the culture of the 60s and 70s, the civil and women's rights
movements, assassinations of JFK and MLK -(Sub)cultures of the late
twentieth-century; -Timeline events occurring roughly between
1979-1999 -Introduction: the subcultures of the 1980s and 90s,
yuppies, world wide web, dot.com craze, stock market bubble,
media/cable tv/video, diversity and political correctness -The 21st
Century; -Timeline events occurring roughly 2000 to the present
-Introduction: literature of a new century, September 11th, the
culture of terrorism
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