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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, capitalism and sexism. Topics include New Historicist parallels between the 1960s and the present day, psychoanalytical approaches to the show, the self as commodity, and the Age of Camelot as an Age of Anxiety, among others. A detailed cast list and episode guide are included.

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Analyzing Mad Men

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      Publisher McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Published 7/26/2011
      ISBN-13 9780786447381
      978-0786447381
      ISBN-10 0786447389
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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, capitalism and sexism. Topics include New Historicist parallels between the 1960s and the present day, psychoanalytical approaches to the show, the self as commodity, and the Age of Camelot as an Age of Anxiety, among others. A detailed cast list and episode guide are included.

      Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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