Analyzing Mad Men: Critical Essays on the Television Series

by Scott F. Stoddart

Book Overview

AMC's episodic drama Mad Men has become a cultural phenomenon, detailing America's preoccupation with commercialism and image in the Camelot of 1960s Kennedy-era America, while self-consciously exploring current preoccupations. The 12 critical essays in this collection offer a broad, interdisciplinary approach to this highly relevant television show, examining Mad Men as a cultural barometer for contemporary concerns with consumerism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447389
• ISBN13: 9780786447381
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher