This introductory text examines issues of television and cultural identities in the context of globalization. It is a wide-ranging volume, exploring many of the central cultural issues in contemporary cultural studies, such as media, globalization, language, gender, ethnicity, cultural politics and identity – perhaps the topic of cultural studies over the past decade. At the […]
Damages: The Series
Set in New York’s world of high stakes litigation, Damages follows the lives of Patty Hewes, the nation’s most revered and most reviled litigator, and her bright, ambitious protégée Ellen Parsons as they become embroiled in a class action lawsuit targeting Arthur Frobisher, one of the country’s wealthiest CEOs. As Patty battles Frobisher and his […]
Petticoat Junction: The Series
Songwriter Paul Simon said it best: Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance. Especially when that train is the Hooterville Cannonball (“the train that’s loved by all”), whose heralding whistle sets this charming series’ classic theme song in motion. An instant hit in its first season, Petticoat Junction, like The Andy Griffith […]
Breaking Bad: The Series
No one would confuse the desperate dad Bryan Cranston plays in this character-driven drama with the fun-loving Hal from Malcolm in the Middle. In AMC’s Breaking Bad, Walter White lives in the suburbs with his wife, but the similarities end there. During the pilot, the cash-strapped chemistry teacher finds out he has inoperable lung cancer. […]
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