A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom by Ann-Gee

Description: A Sense of Community by Ann-Gee Lee Televisions Community follows the shenanigans of a diverse group of traditional and nontraditional community college students: Jeff Winger, a former lawyer; Britta Perry, a feminist; Abed Nadir, a pop culture enthusiast; Shirley Bennett, a mother; Troy Barnes, a former jock; Annie Edison, a naive overachiever; and Pierce Hawthorne, an old-fashioned elderly man. There are also Benjamin Chang, the maniacal Spanish teacher, and Craig Pelton, the eccentric dean of Greendale Community College, along with well-known guest stars who play troublemaking students, nutty professors and frightening administrators. This collection of fresh essays familiarizes readers not only with particular characters and popular episodes, but behind-the-scenes aspects such as screenwriting and production techniques. The essayists explore narrative theme, hyperreality, masculinity, feminism, color blindness, civic discourse, pastiche, intertextuality, media consciousness, how Community is influenced by other shows and films, and how fans have contributed to the show. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ann-Gee Lee is an assistant professor of English at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. She teaches first-year writing courses and upper-division rhetoric courses. She lives in Fort Smith. Table of Contents Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Taking Things LiterarilyAdventures in Time, Space and Community College: Narrative Structure and Thematic Depth (Mina Halling)Modern Heroism (Amanda Riter)Greendale Hyperreality (Nettie Brock)The Greendale Trickster: The Rise and Fall of Ben Chang (Ann-Gee Lee and Noah E. Schmidt)Part II: The Political PlaygroundInculcating Victorian Masculinities at "Loser College": Jeff Wingers Male Poses (Lindsy Lawrence) Feminist and Postfeminist Discourses: Reading the Britta Problem—(Jessica Ford)Creating a Colorblind Community: Dean Pelton and the Greendale Human Beings (Melissa Vosen Callens)Parody as Civic Discourse in "Basic Lupine Urology": The Law and Order Episode (Jeremy W. Cook and Robin M. Murphy)Part III: Pop Culture Across the CurriculumMy Dinner with Abed: Postmodernism, Pastiche and Metaxy in "Critical Film Studies" (Elizabeth Fleitz Kuechenmeister) "Thats So Meta!" Allusions for the Media-Literate Audience in Community (and Beyond) (Bridget Julie Hanna) My Dinner with Andre/Our Dinner with Abed: Genre and the Audience (Sallie Maree Pritchard)Advanced Introduction to Liminality: Community on the Fringe (Lisa K. Perdigao)Part IV: Extracurricular ActivitiesCommunitys Communities: Bringing the Fan to the (Study) Table (Joseph S. Walker)"Cool, Cool, Cool": New Media Rhetorics of Community (G. Bret Bowers) "Six seasons and a movie!" Community, Creative Processes and Being Meta (Laura Tansley)About the ContributorsIndex Details ISBN0786475900 Short Title SENSE OF COMMUNITY Language English ISBN-10 0786475900 ISBN-13 9780786475902 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Place of Publication Jefferson, NC Country of Publication United States Edited by Ann-Gee Lee Pages 240 Subtitle Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom AU Release Date 2014-05-28 NZ Release Date 2014-05-28 UK Release Date 2014-05-30 Author Ann-Gee Lee DEWEY 791.4572 Audience General Audience Age 18 Publisher McFarland & Co Inc Publication Date 2014-05-28 Imprint McFarland & Co Inc Illustrations notes, bibliographies, index US Release Date 2014-05-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161077494;

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