The Lonely Nineties Visions of Community in Contemporary US Televisi
This book examines the most popular American television shows of the nineties—a decade at the last gasp of network television’s cultural dominance. At a time when American culture seemed increasingly fragmented, television still offered something close to
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The Lonely Nineties
Paul Arras
The Lonely Nineties Visions of Community in Contemporary US Television
Paul Arras State University of New York College Cortland, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-93093-0 ISBN 978-3-319-93094-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93094-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018943283 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Fatima Jamadar Cover design: Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Acknowledgements
First, my sincere thanks to Lina Aboujieb, Ellie Freedman, and the rest of the team at Palgrave Macmillan for guiding me through the publishing process. They join a long list of people who made this book a reality, people who share in the credit for the book’s successes (though the blame for any flaws rests solely on me). First and foremost, my friend and mentor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn shepherded me through my intellectual wanderings, carefully read many versions of this project, and made my graduate school experience a joy. Gratifyingly for my soul, she encouraged me simply to keep writing. Robert J. Thompson taught me how to understand television and introduced me to more TV shows than I ever knew existed. He, too, read this manuscript at many stages. Along with Mylinda Smith, he welcomed me and many other scholars into his office every week for good TV, great food, and wonderful company. I would not have added a history major in my undergraduate days if not for David H. Bennett, an incredible teacher, a wise counselor, and a delightful conversationalist on politics, Syracuse Universit
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