Movie Towns and Sitcom Suburbs
Author | : Stephen Rowley |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 1349567116 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781349567119 |
Rating | : 4/5 (119 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Movie Towns and Sitcom Suburbs by : Stephen Rowley
Download or read book Movie Towns and Sitcom Suburbs written by Stephen Rowley and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media depictions of community are enormously influential on wider popular opinion about how people would like to live. In this study, Rowley examines depictions of ideal communities in Hollywood films and television and explores the implications of attempts to build real-world counterparts to such imagined places.