SEINFELD I AM THE MASTER OF MY DOMAIN TV

Theessays in Part 1 generally give an overview of the show before segueing intoPart 2's exploration of 'genre, humor, and intertexuality.' Part 3 treatsissues of 'gender, generations, and ethnicity,' while Part 4 concludes withessays on 'cultural, pop cultural, and media matters.' As Lavery notes inhis preface, despite Seinfeld's iconic stature-half of us loved it, and theother half loved to hate it-only one serious monograph has been published.This anthology featuring the likes of Geoffrey O'Brien and Eleanor Herseywill best serve academic media and pop culture collections and seriousreaders who like their TV eggs hard-boiled. Sixteenessays (some new, some previously published and revised) are divided amongfour topical sections with an afterword and supplementary material featuringa glossary of Seinfeld terms and expressions and an episode guide. 'Noted television and pop culture academic and critic Lavery-who haspreviously written and edited scholarly texts on such television supernovasas Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer-has whipped up afrothy egg cream of an essay collection on Seinfeld for eggheads. This essay, richly researched and packed with broadcast history, details how the show's syndication deal works, and hot it functions in the world of corporate media.'- ', 'February 19, 2006-Sanford Lakoff Even more vital is the collection's one attempt to stop outside the comedic universe of 'Seinfeld' and consider it as a television production, 'From Must-See-TV to Branded Counterprogramming: 'Seinfeld' and Syndication,' by Michael M. In this high-powered volume, academics consider the beloved sitcom in various disciplinary contexts. ''Seinfeld, Master of Its Domain' is all about interpretation.

The book also includes a comprehensive episode guide, and Betty Lee's lexicon of Seinfeld language. This fascinating book includes classic articles on the show by Geoffrey O'Brien and Bill Wyman (first published in the New York Review of Books and respectively), and a selection of new and revised essays by some of the top television scholars in the US - looking at issues as wide-ranging as Seinfeld's Jewishness, alleged nihilism, food obsession, and long-running syndication. This work covers a comprehensive episode guide, and Betty Lee's lexicon of Seinfeld language.īook Synopsis After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television. About the Book Includes articles on the show by Geoffrey O'Brien and Bill Wyman, and a selection of essays by television scholars in the US - looking at issues of Seinfeld's Jewishness, alleged nihilism, food obsession, and long-running syndication.

Seinfeld i am the master of my domain