{"product_id":"those-were-the-days-why-all-in-the-family-still-matters-9781978805781","title":"Those Were the Days: Why All in the Family Still","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1971 and 1979, \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e was more than just a wildly popular television sitcom that routinely drew 50 million viewers weekly. It was also a touchstone of American life, so much so that the living room chairs of the two main characters have spent the last 40 years on display at the Smithsonian. How did a show this controversial and boundary-breaking manage to become so widely beloved?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Were the Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length study of this remarkable television program. Created by Norman Lear and produced by Bud Yorkin, All in the Family dared to address such taboo topics as rape, abortion, menopause, homosexuality, and racial prejudice in a way that no other sitcom had before. Through a close analysis of the sitcom’s four main characters—boorish bigot Archie Bunker, his devoted wife Edith, their feminist daughter Gloria, and her outspoken liberal husband Mike—Jim Cullen demonstrates how All in the Family was able to bridge the generation gap and appeal to a broad spectrum of American viewers in an age when a network broadcast model of television created a shared national culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Locating \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family \u003c\/i\u003ewithin the larger history of American television, this book shows how it transformed the medium, not only spawning spinoffs like \u003ci\u003eMaude\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Jeffersons\u003c\/i\u003e, but also helping to inspire programs like \u003ci\u003eRoseanne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarried... with Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e. And it raises the question: could a show this edgy ever air on broadcast television today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Little did I know about the world Archie Bunker and \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e were born into until I read Jim Cullen’s informed and perceptive \u003ci\u003eThose Were the Days: Why All In The Family Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- Norman Lear\u003cbr\u003e\"Jim Cullen's beguiling scholarship offers a nimble treatment of what was arguably American television's most influential scripted series, made in the waning days of the now bygone mass audience.\" -- Robert Thompson * Founding Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, Syracuse University *\u003cbr\u003e\"'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then?\" by Jim Cullen * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003e\"A very accessible and highly readable study that situates \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e aptly in its historical moment. It illuminates why the show became a landmark and what makes it so special to this day.\" -- Christina von Hodenberg * author of Television's Moment: Sitcom Audiences and the Sixties Cultural Revolution *\u003cbr\u003e\"From how each character evolved to the family's resemblance to real-life changes and developing social awareness, \u003ci\u003eThose Were the Days \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a solid study that will serve as discussion material for any media studies or American social history classroom.\"  * Donovan's Literary Services *\u003cbr\u003e\"Those were the days: As ‘All in the Family’ turns 50, a look at why it succeeded\" by Jim Cullen * New York Daily News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Norman Lear deserves his Golden Globe award — does America deserve him?\" by Benjamin Lear * The Foreward *\u003cbr\u003eMary Baker Eddy Library podcast: Jean Stapleton and the spiritual dimensions of “All in the Family” episode * Seekers and Scholars podcast *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Broad(cast) Humor\u003cbr\u003e 1          Situation Comedy, Situation Tragedy: The Transitional World of \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2          The Revolution, Televised: Origins of the \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3          Fuzzy Reception: Meeting the Bunkers\u003cbr\u003e 4          Producing Comedy: Making \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5          The Character of Home: Chez Bunker\u003cbr\u003e 6          Not Bad for a Bigot: The Making of Archie Bunker\u003cbr\u003e 7          A Really Great Housewife: The Character of Edith Baines Bunker\u003cbr\u003e 8          Left In: The Liberal Arts of Michael Stivic\u003cbr\u003e 9          “Little Girl” to Mother: The Working-Class Feminism of Gloria Bunker Stivic\u003cbr\u003e 10        \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e Resemblance: The Rise and Fall of the Lear Television Empire\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Just Like Us\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043450323287,"sku":"9781978805781","price":101.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978805781.jpg?v=1750958274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/those-were-the-days-why-all-in-the-family-still-matters-9781978805781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}