Prime Time Animation Television Animation and American Culture

Name: Prime Time Animation Television Animation and American Culture
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ISBN: 9780415283267

ISBN-10: 0415283264

ISBN-13: 9780415283267

Edition: 2003

Authors: Carol Stabile, Mark Harrison

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This is a new & original survey of television animation, which provides a full introduction to the historic & contemporary significance of animated programming. Why did it take 20 years from the axing of 'The Flintstones' before animation once again hit prime time with 'The Simpsons'?

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.29" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Table of Contents


Acknowledgements


List of Images


Introduction


Prime Time Animation


An Overview




Institutions



'Smarter than the Average Art Form': Animation in the Television Era Paul Wells



The Great Saturday Morning Exile: Scheduling Cartoons on Television's Periphery in the 1960s Jason Mittell



Re-Drawing the Bottom Line Allen Larson



Flintstones to Futurama: Networks and Prime Time Animation




Synergy Nirvana: Brand Equity, Television Animation, and Cartoon Network Kevin Sandler



The Digital Turn: Animation in the Age of Information Technologies




Readings



Back to the Drawing Board: The Family in Animated Television Comedy




From Fred and Wilma to Ren and Stimpy: What Makes a Cartoon Prime Time ?




'We Hardly Watch that Rude, Crude Show:' Class and Taste in The Simpsons



Misery Chick: Irony, Alienation, and Animation in MTV's




'What Are Those Little Girls Made Of?' The Power Puff Girls and Consumer Culture



'Oh My God, They Digitized Kenny!' Travels in the South Park Cybercommunity


List of Contributors