Coming after Oprah: Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV Talk Show / Edition 1

by Vicki Abt, Leonard Mustazza

Overview

This title looks at the evolution and cultural significance of daytime talk shows, concluding that they are more than harmless entertainment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879727529
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	06/15/1997
Edition description:	1
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

Dr. Vicki Abt is professor of sociology and American studies, and Dr. Leonard Mustazza is professor of English and American studies, both at the Pennsylvania State University's Abington College in suburban Philadelphia. Dr. Abt is the author of numerous scholarly articles on controversial social issues and co-author with James F. Smith and Eugene Christiansen of a landmark study of gambling, The Business of Risk. Dr. Mustazza is the author of many articles on literature and popular culture and of four books, one on poet John Milton, two on popular writer Kurt Vonnegut, and one on singer Frank Sinatra.

Editorial Reviews

The first book-length study assessing a decade of talk that makes the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s look innocuous by comparison.

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