Living-Room War (Television and Popular Culture) - Softcover

Arlen, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815604661 ISBN 13: 9780815604662

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1997

Synopsis

"One doesn't have to be a panjandrum of Communications to realize that television does something to us," Michael Arlen (former TV critic of The New Yorker) writes in the Introduction to Living-Room War. He continues, "Television has a transforming effect on events. It has a transforming effect on the people who watch the transformed events-it's just hard to know what that is."

Living-Room War is Arlen's valiant-and entertaining-attempt to figure out exactly what exactly television does to us. This timeless collection of essays provides a poetic look at 1960s television culture, ranging from the Vietnam war to Captain Kangaroo, from the 1968 Democratic convention to televised sports.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Living-Room War is Arlen's valiant - and entertaining - attempt to figure out exactly what television does to us. This timeless collection of essays provides a poetic look at 1960s television culture, ranging from the Vietnam war to Captain Kangaroo, from the 1968 Democratic convention to televised sports.

About the Author:

Michael J. Arlen is a National Book Award Winner and a former TV critic for The New Yorker. His books include Exiles, Passage to Ararat, The Camera Age, and Say Goodbye to Sam.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0815604661
• ISBN 13: 9780815604662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256