The Bardic Utterance in Situation Comedy Theme Songs, 1960-2000

The purpose of this study is to examine the function of the bard in situation comedy theme songs. This study calls upon Fiske and Hartley's concept of television as a cultural bard, a singer and teller of stories that create and conserve community. The bard reaffirms the culture's identit...

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Main Author: Butcher, Joni Melissa
Other Authors: Michael Bowman
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0902103-202649/