Contentious comedy : negotiating issues of form, content, and representation in American sitcoms of the post-network era

This thesis explores the way in which the institutional changes that have occurred within the post-network era of American television have impacted on the situation comedy in terms of form, content, and representation. This thesis argues that as one of television's most durable genres, the sitc...

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Main Author: Williamson, Lisa E.
Published: University of Glasgow 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495113