The Sitcom

by Jeremy G. Butler

Book Overview

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre's position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA.

Everyone loves the sitcom genre; and yet, paradoxically, everyone hates the sitcom, too. This book examines themes of gender, race, ethnicity, and the family that are always...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138850969
• ISBN13: 9781138850965
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"