{"product_id":"knots-landing-paperback","title":"Knots Landing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Salvato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAiring on CBS for fourteen seasons (1979-93), \u003cem\u003eKnots Landing\u003c\/em\u003e was a spinoff of the popular drama \u003cem\u003eDallas, \u003c\/em\u003e but ultimately ran longer and took a very different tone on domestic, social, and economic issues than its predecssor. In the first full-length scholarly study of \u003cem\u003eKnots Landing, \u003c\/em\u003e Nick Salvato situates the series in its economic and industrial contexts, addresses its surprisingly progressive relationship to the American politics of its period, offers close formal interpretations of noteworthy episodes, and unpacks the pleasures of the program's sensuous surfaces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While it has been largely overlooked in studies of 1980s television, \u003cem\u003eKnots Landing\u003c\/em\u003e nonetheless beat more masculine fare like \u003cem\u003eHill Street Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eL.A. Law \u003c\/em\u003ein the ratings, introduced a novel focus on middle-class lives in melodrama, and launched or revived the careers of its major stars. In this study Salvato investigates the series' place in widespread serialization of American primetime television in the early 1980s and the end of network dominance in the early 1990s, along with its unique relationship to Reaganism and glamour, on the one hand, and everydayness and suburbanization, on the other. Salvato also looks at the series in relation to key concepts such as memory, theatricality, identification, \"quality\" TV, and stardom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fans of the series as well as readers interested in popular culture, television history, representations of gender, and constructions of celebrity will find much to enjoy in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Salvato is associate professor of performing and media arts at Cornell University. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eUncloseting Drama: American Modernism and Queer Performance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 6.99 x 5.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757798916384,"sku":"9780814340332","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6dd1bb7023e76489ee1fe476d6b85e03.webp?v=1780112098","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/knots-landing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}