{"product_id":"i-like-to-watch-arguing-my-way-through-the-tv-revolution-paperback","title":"I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic--smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful.\"--David Grann, author of \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Flower Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From her creation of the \"Approval Matrix\" in \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e Emily Nussbaum has argued for a new way of looking at TV. In this collection, including two never-before-published essays, Nussbaum writes about her passion for television, beginning with \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer, \u003c\/i\u003e the show that set her on a fresh intellectual path. She explores the rise of the female screw-up, how fans warp the shows they love, the messy power of sexual violence on TV, and the year that jokes helped elect a reality-television president. There are three big profiles of television showrunners--Kenya Barris, Jenji Kohan, and Ryan Murphy--as well as examinations of the legacies of Norman Lear and Joan Rivers. The book also includes a major new essay written during the year of MeToo, wrestling with the question of what to do when the artist you love is a monster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a collection of reviews, the book makes a case for toppling the status anxiety that has long haunted the \"idiot box,\" even as it transformed. Through it all, Nussbaum recounts her fervent search, over fifteen years, for a new kind of criticism, one that resists the false hierarchy that elevates one kind of culture (violent, dramatic, gritty) over another (joyful, funny, stylized). \u003ci\u003eI Like to Watch\u003c\/i\u003e traces her own struggle to punch through stifling notions of \"prestige television,\" searching for a more expansive, more embracing vision of artistic ambition--one that acknowledges many types of beauty and complexity and opens to more varied voices. It's a book that celebrates television \u003ci\u003eas\u003c\/i\u003e television, even as each year warps the definition of just what that might mean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This collection, including some powerful new work, proves once and for all that there's no better American critic of anything than Emily Nussbaum. But \u003ci\u003eI Like to Watch\u003c\/i\u003e turns out to be even greater than the sum of its brilliant parts--it's the most incisive, intimate, entertaining, authoritative guide to the shows of this golden television age.\"\u003cb\u003e--Kurt Andersen, author of \u003ci\u003eFantasyland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading Emily Nussbaum makes us smarter not just about what we watch, but about how we live, what we love, and who we are. \u003ci\u003eI Like to Watch\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy.\"\u003cb\u003e--Rebecca Traister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 2011. She is the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for criticism and the 2014 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary. Previously, she was the TV critic and editor of the Culture Pages for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where she created the Approval Matrix, the playful culture charticle that closes each issue. Nussbaum has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Lingua Franca\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Clive Thompson, and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768911790368,"sku":"9780525508984","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4478d17af056363e2cefec4658631dff.webp?v=1780339982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-like-to-watch-arguing-my-way-through-the-tv-revolution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}