"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."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.![Living Room War](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.10.4)
Living Room War
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Living Room War
242Paperback(1ST SYRACU)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780815604662 |
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Publisher: | Syracuse University Press |
Publication date: | 02/28/2003 |
Series: | Television Series |
Edition description: | 1ST SYRACU |
Pages: | 242 |
Product dimensions: | 5.55(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.54(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |