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Gilligan's Island, created by Sherwood Schwartz, aired for three seasons between 1964 and 1967 on the CBS network. While the series was typically dismissed for its episodic inanity, author Walter Metz argues that this characteristic is precisely the source of the show's innovation as it produces a vibrant critique of dominant American values. In this analysis of Gilligan's Island, Metz reveals the inner workings of American television and soci...

The situation comedy "Bewitched" chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their "mixed marriage." Considering the "Bewitched" series as a whole, this book demonstrates that the show can look very different depending upon which of its episodes are being examined.

Das Buch ist aus einem Forschungsprojekt entstanden, das im Programm Mensch und Technik - Sozialverträgliche Technikgestaltung des Ministeriums für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales von Nordrhein-Westfalen gefördert wurde. Es ist iden­ tisch mit dem Forschungsbericht und gibt den Stand der Diskussion sowie die ver­ arbeitete einschlägige Literatur bis zum Frühjahr 1988 wieder. Die Forschungen wurden im Schwerpunkt Technik und Naturwissenschafts­...

Engaging Film Criticism examines recent American cinema in relationship to its «imaginative intertexts», films from earlier decades that engage similar political and cultural themes. This historical encounter provides an unexpected and exciting way of reading popular contemporary films. Eclectic pairings include the Schwarzenegger action film True Lies with the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest, as well as the lampooned Will Smith comedy Wi...