The sitcom reader

State University of New York Press

2016

xv, 396 p.

Bibliographical references: P. 323-344

9781438461311

Introduction -- Origins of the genre : in search of the radio sitcom / David Marc -- The 1950s. Who rules the roost? : sitcom family dynamics from the Cleavers to Modern Family / Judy Kutulas -- I love Lucy : television and gender in postwar domestic ideology / Lori Landay -- To the moon! working-class masculinity in The honeymooners / Steven T. Sheehan -- The 1960s. The rural sitcom from The real McCoys to relevance / Rick Worland and John O'Leary -- The 1960s magicoms : safety in numb-ers / Gary Kenton -- Negotiated boundaries : production practices and the making of representation in Julia / Demetria Rougeaux Shabazz -- The 1970s. The Norman Lear sitcoms and the 1970s / Gerard Jones -- Liberated women and new sensitive men : reconstructing gender in 1970s workplace comedies / Judy Kutulas -- "Who's in charge here?" views of media ownership in situation comedies / Paul R. Kohl --^ The 1980s. The Cosby show ; recoding ethnicity and masculinity within the television text / Michael Real and Lauren Bratslavsky -- Roseanne, Roseanne, reality, and domestic comedy / Susan McLeland -- Cheers : searching for the ideal public sphere in the ideal public house / Robert S. Brown -- The 1990s. Seinfeld : the transcendence of the quotidian / Albert Auster -- Cybill : privileging liberal feminism in daily sitcom life / Laura R. Linder and Mary M. Dalton -- Talking sex : comparison shopping through female conversation in HBO's Sex and the city / Sharon Marie Ross -- The 2000s. "It's just a bunch of stuff that happened" : The Simpsons and the possibility of postmodern comedy / H.Peter Steeves -- Breaking and entering : transgressive comedy on television / Michael V. Tueth -- Sealed with a kiss : heteronormative narrative strategies in NBC's Will & Grace / Denis M. Provencher --^ The 2010s. The hidden truths in contemporary black sitcoms / Robin R. Means Coleman, Charlton D. McIlwain, and Jessica Moore Matthews -- Disability and sitcoms : a legit analysis / James Schultz -- Transparent family values : unmasking sitcom myths of gender, sex(uality), and money / Maria San Filippo -- Conclusion : The evolving, resilient sitcom : sitcoms are not dead

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