{"product_id":"mad-men-and-politics-nostalgia-and-the-remaking-of-modern-america-9781501306358","title":"Mad Men and Politics Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLilly J. Goren\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at Carroll University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou've Come a Long Way, Baby: Gender, Politics and Popular Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture and Presidential Politics \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association Susan Koppelman Award 2014).\u003cb\u003eLinda Beail\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Margaret Stevenson Center for Women's Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University, USA. She is co-author of \u003ci\u003eFraming Sarah Palin: Pit Bulls, Puritans, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ten essays in \u003ci\u003eMad Men and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e offer a number of ruminations on the various ways in which the series dramatized the seismic socio-cultural shifts of that decade ... [The book provides] structured, rigorous textual analysis of themes, characters and plot lines. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e[This book] is bound by an overriding interest in disentangling the series’ many thematic and narrative strands through sociopolitical analysis ... The introduction (as Chapter One) neatly sets out a stall carrying concerns of American identity, social and political life, race, gender and class, and the theme of appearance and reality. * Critical Studies in Television *\u003cbr\u003eAs savvy and incisive as Mad Men itself, \u003ci\u003eMad Men and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e showcases excellent analyses of American political problems—including sexism, racism, inequality, consumption, and the meaning of America itself—from the 1960s to the present. Goren and Beail reveal Mad Men as a fascinating window into the underbelly of American politics, even while it provides viewers with the pleasures of glamour and nostalgia. * Elisabeth Anker, Assistant Professor of American Politics and Political Science, George Washington University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eFew television shows deserve the hardcore, serious, academic approach as much as \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMad Men and Politics \u003c\/i\u003eis a worthy entry. With its diverse essays and authors, there's something for everyone. \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e has \"changed the conversation\" about everything from fashion to sexism, and it's wonderful that \u003ci\u003eMad Men and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e has entered that conversation. * Deborah Lipp, Co-owner, Basket of Kisses *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMad Men and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is further proof, as if it was needed, that the new breed of television series—and Matthew Weiner's creation in particular—does what great literature has always done: incite, delight, and provoke fascinating lines of inquiry in all directions. * Brett Martin, author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of A Creative Revolution, From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad *\u003cbr\u003eThese essays provide a series of smart takes on one of the most influential series in television history. The book shows how \u003ci\u003eMad Men's\u003c\/i\u003e exploration of America’s past provides an insight into what we are thinking today; and it deals boldly with the big issues of power, race, sex and ideas of masculinity and femininity. Reading it extends one's appreciate of the series. * Evangeline Morphos, Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts Film, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents  Acknowledgements  The American Century  I. Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and The Remaking of America Lilly J. Goren and Linda Beail  II. If You Don’t Like What They Are Saying, Change the Conversation: The Grifter, Don Draper, and the Iconic American Hero Lilly J. Goren   III. The Power Elite and Semi-Sovereign Selfhood in post-War America Loren Goldman  IV. Cash or Credit?: Sex and the Pursuit of Happiness  Laurie Naranch   Business and Identity  V. Appearances, Social Norms, and Life in Modern America: Nationalism and Patriotism in Mad Men Lawrence Heyman   VI. Going Groovy or Nostalgic: Mad Men and Advertising, Business, and Social Movements Kate Edenborg   Those Seen and Not Seen, Heard and Not Heard      VII. Masculinity and Its Discontents: Myth, Memory and the Future on Mad Men  Denise Witzig  VIII. “You Can’t Be a Man. So Don’t Even Try”: Femininity and Feminism in Mad Men  Natalie Fuehrer Taylor   IX. Invisible Men: The Politics and Presence of Racial and Ethnic “Others” in Mad Men Linda Beail   Conclusion X. Tomorrowland: Contemporary Visions, Past Indiscretions  Rebecca Colton Josephson  Appendix I: Products of Mad Men   Appendix II: Episodes of Mad Men   Bibliography   Author Biographies   Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187874586967,"sku":"9781501306358","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mad-men-and-politics-nostalgia-and-the-remaking-of-modern-america-9781501306358","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}