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KlappentextOn December 17th 2014, the US TV-series "The Simpsons" celebrated its 25th birthday - a remarkable anniversary. With an airtime of 25 years and more than 550 published episodes, "The Simpsons" are part of everyday media-reality of more than just one generation of television viewers. Their immense popularity as well as the critic s esteem highlight The Simpsons importance as pop-cultural phenomenon, and demand far-ranging scholarly attention.This book uses "The Simpsons" as an analytical media-matrix to discuss aspects of postmodernity. It features articles by Angela Meyer ( Lisa Simpson as the Voice of Double-Coded Critiques of Contemporary Society ), Benjamin Franz ( Vests, Monorails, Springs and Kwik-E-Marts: Music as Political Discourse in the Simpsons ), John W. Heeren and Salvador Jimenez Murguia ( Faith And Laughter: A Postmodern View of Religion in The Simpsons ), Eric Pellerin ( The Simpsons and Television Self Reflexivity as Critique ), Martin Gloger ( No Homer-Society - Some Explorations on Springfield Capitalism ), Tom Zlabinger ( Listening to Yellow: Music and Musicians as Heard and Seen in The Simpsons ), Joseph H. Herrera ( Hmm⦠Abortions for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others : The Simpsons, Cultural Memory & the Unpaid Labor behind Oogle Goggles ) and Brett Jordan Schmoll ( Slashing The Simpsons: Apu, Lisa, and the Fictionalization of Academic Discourse ).
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-902803-13-9
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartGebunden
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ErscheinungsortWien
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Erscheinungsdatum04.12.2014
Seiten296 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.33527204
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