Mad Men and politics
Subtitle: nostalgia and the remaking of modern America
By: [edited by] Linda Beail and Lilly J. Goren
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781501306341; 9781501306358
Subjects: Television programs; Television and politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Mad men (Television program)
Description: "Mad Men, using the historical backdrop of the many events that came to demarcate the 1960s, has presented a beautifully-styled rendering of this tumultuous decade, while teasing out a number of themes that resonate throughout the show and connect to the contemporary discourses that dominate today's political landscape.  The chapters of this book analyze the most important dimensions explored on the show, including issues around gender, race, prejudice, the family, generational change, the social movements of the 1960s, our understanding of America's place in the world, and the idea of work in the post-war period.  Mad Men and Politics provides the reader with an understanding not only of the topics and issues that can be easily grasped while watching, but also contemplates our historical perspective of the 1960s as we consider it through the telescope of our current condition"--

"Explored through a broadly political lens, this book examines the various political themes and historical issues seen and presented on AMC's Mad Men while analyzing the contemporary appeal of a television show situated in the 1960s"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.