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Informationen zum Autor Scott F. Stoddart is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has written about culture, literature and the arts on such topics as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen Sondheim and the Coen brothers. He is a host of the Sundance television series Love/Lust and a contributor to the PBS series American Icons. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Offering a series of critical essays, this collection examines the AMC TV drama Mad Men as a cultural barometer for contemporary concerns with consumerism, capitalism and sexism. Topics covered 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". Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The Contexts of Mad Men1. "We'll start over like Adam and Eve": The Subversion of Classic American MythologyMelanie Hernandez and David Thomas Holmberg 2. The Fall of the Organization Man: Loyalty and Conflict in the First SeasonMaura Grady The Politics of Mad Men3. "The Good Place" and "The Place That Cannot Be": Politics, Melodrama and UtopiaBrenda Cromb 4. Unleashing a Flow of Desire: Sterling Cooper, Desiring-Production, and the Tenets of Late CapitalismDavid P. Pierson 5. Kodak, Jack, and Coke : Advertising and Mad-vertisingJennifer Gillan The Women of Mad Men6. Mad Men and Career Women: The Best of Everything?Tamar Jeffers McDonald 7. "A Mother Like You": Pregnancy, the Maternal, and NostalgiaDiana Davidson 8. Mad Men / Mad Women: Autonomous Images of WomenSara Rogers 9. Maidenform: Temporalities of Fashion, Femininity, and FeminismMeenasarani Linde Murugan 10. Every Woman Is a Jackie or a Marilyn: The Problematics of NostalgiaTonya Krouse The Nostalgia of Mad Men11. Camelot RegainedScott F. Stoddart 12. Complicating Camelot: Surface Realism and Deliberate ArchaismChristine Sprengler Episode Guide and Cast List About the Contributors Index ...
