Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change by Cohn, Jonathan

Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978821156)

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Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change by Cohn, Jonathan

Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change

$39.95
Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change by Cohn, Jonathan

Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential "very special episode" format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era phenomenon of the "Very Special Seasons" of UnReal and 13 Reasons Why, this collection seriously and critically uses the "very special episode" to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture.



Author: Jonathan Cohn
ISBN-10: 1978821158
ISBN-13: 9781978821156
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2021
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By Jonathan Cohn
By Jonathan Cohn
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JONATHAN COHN is an assistant professor in digital cultures at the University of Alberta. He is the author of The Burden of Choice: Recommendations, Subversion, and Algorithmic Culture (Rutgers University Press).

JENNIFER PORST is an assistant professor of media arts at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Broadcasting Hollywood: The Struggle Over Feature Films on Television (Rutgers University Press).

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