{"product_id":"camp-tv-of-the-1960s-reassessing-the-vast-wasteland-9780197650752","title":"Camp TV of the 1960s: Reassessing the Vast Wasteland","description":"\u003cem\u003eCamp TV of the 1960s\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive understanding of all of the many forms camp TV took during that critical decade. In reevaluating the history of camp on television, the authors reconsider the infantilized conceptualization of sixties television, which has generally been characterized as the creative and cultural ebb between the 1950s Golden Age of television and the networks' shift to \"relevance\" in the early 1970s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing contributions from a broad range of media and television scholars that (re)consider programs like \u003cem\u003eBatman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Monkees\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Addams Family\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBewitched\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e F Troop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Beverly Hillbillies\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Rowan \u0026amp; Martin's Laugh-In\u003c\/em\u003e, chapters closely examine beloved 1960s American prime-time programs that drew significantly on aspects of camp, many of which were widely syndicated and left continuing imprints on popular culture. Other chapters consider key TV precursors from the early sixties; British camp television programs such as\u003cem\u003e The Avengers\u003c\/em\u003e; the use of musical codes to convey camp humor (even on black-and-white sets); the role that the viewing strategies of queer communities played - and continued to play even decades later; and how camp's multivalence allowed for more conservative readings, especially among older audiences, which were critical for the move to \"mass camp\" throughout American culture by the early seventies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCamp TV of the 1960s\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students and scholars in television studies and others interested in the history and theory of camp, the 1960s, or popular culture, as well as fans of these well-known but generally understudied television programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabel Pinedo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.19w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197650752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabel C. Pinedo\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College, CUNY. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eDifficult Women on Television Drama: The Gender Politics of Complex Women in Serial Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRecreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing\u003c\/em\u003e, and articles on television and the horror film in such journals as \u003cem\u003eTelevision and New Media\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Popular Television\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJump Cut\u003c\/em\u003e, and such books as \u003cem\u003eFinal Girls, Feminism and Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Companion to the Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWyatt D. Phillips\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the English Department at Texas Tech University. His work primarily engages questions of the political economy and industrial practices of media production and circulation. He has published in \u003cem\u003eFilm History, Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Popular Television\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as contributing chapters to half a dozen collections.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43652900225139,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_03bd1a46-1895-4322-972f-af8dbf2980c2.jpg?v=1756295471","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/camp-tv-of-the-1960s-reassessing-the-vast-wasteland-9780197650752","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}