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Publication details [#36847]
Hamamoto, Darrell Y. 1989. Nervous laughter: Television situation comedy and liberal democratic ideology. (Media and Society). Praeger. 192 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
This study, drawing political conclusions from textual material, considers TV sitcom as 'ideological' in the sense of an unrelenting backing of capitalism and of the oppression of women and minorities.