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Understanding The Simpsons : Animating the Politics and Poetics of Participatory Culture / Moritz Fink.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Transmedia ; 9Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789048540334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.45/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77.S58 F472 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Images -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the AUP Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Bart Talks Back: The Politics and Poetics of Participatory Culture -- 2. Alternative TV: The Genesis of The Simpsons -- 3. More than Just a Cartoon: Meta-Television Culture and the Age of Irony -- 4. High Fives on Prime Time: Representing Popular Culture -- 5. At the Edge of Convergence Culture: Engaging in the Simpsons Cult -- 6. Echoes of Springfield: The Simpsons in Remix Culture -- Conclusion: The Simpsons, Cultural Feedback Loops, and the Case of Apu -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Another book on The Simpsons? you might wonder. Isn’t the yellow cartoon troupe around the eponymous chaotic family somewhat worn-out? Perhaps you even ask yourself whether that nineties’ show is still on the air anyhow. Accolades such as “the best TV show of the twentieth century” or “the longest-running scripted series on American prime-time television” have not only elevated The Simpsons to the comedy pantheon, they have come to suggest the very dinosaur character of the program. But the label “The Simpsons” not just refers to a show that seems to belong to a bygone television era; it implies a rich narrative universe, including a set of iconic figures, familiar across continents and generations. Through a transmedia-studies lens, Understanding The Simpsons traces the yellow-branded franchise’s trajectory, from its original conception shaped by alternative media traditions to its astounding, long-lived impact as a cult phenomenon in popular culture. Examining the legacy of online fan forums and bootleg T-shirts from the show’s heyday in the early 1990s, as well as the meaning of The Simpsons in contemporary digital culture, this book demonstrates how one of the most popular comedy series of all times has redefined the intersection between the corporate media and participatory culture – and is alive, indeed.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Images -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the AUP Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Bart Talks Back: The Politics and Poetics of Participatory Culture -- 2. Alternative TV: The Genesis of The Simpsons -- 3. More than Just a Cartoon: Meta-Television Culture and the Age of Irony -- 4. High Fives on Prime Time: Representing Popular Culture -- 5. At the Edge of Convergence Culture: Engaging in the Simpsons Cult -- 6. Echoes of Springfield: The Simpsons in Remix Culture -- Conclusion: The Simpsons, Cultural Feedback Loops, and the Case of Apu -- Bibliography -- Index

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Another book on The Simpsons? you might wonder. Isn’t the yellow cartoon troupe around the eponymous chaotic family somewhat worn-out? Perhaps you even ask yourself whether that nineties’ show is still on the air anyhow. Accolades such as “the best TV show of the twentieth century” or “the longest-running scripted series on American prime-time television” have not only elevated The Simpsons to the comedy pantheon, they have come to suggest the very dinosaur character of the program. But the label “The Simpsons” not just refers to a show that seems to belong to a bygone television era; it implies a rich narrative universe, including a set of iconic figures, familiar across continents and generations. Through a transmedia-studies lens, Understanding The Simpsons traces the yellow-branded franchise’s trajectory, from its original conception shaped by alternative media traditions to its astounding, long-lived impact as a cult phenomenon in popular culture. Examining the legacy of online fan forums and bootleg T-shirts from the show’s heyday in the early 1990s, as well as the meaning of The Simpsons in contemporary digital culture, this book demonstrates how one of the most popular comedy series of all times has redefined the intersection between the corporate media and participatory culture – and is alive, indeed.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

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