{"product_id":"tv-by-professor-or-dr-susan-bordo-9781501362521","title":"TV","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and middle-class families huddled around a tiny black-and-white screen, TV dinners on their laps, awaiting weekly sitcoms that depicted an all-white world in which mum wore pearls and heels as she baked endless pies. If this seems a distant past, that’s a measure of just how much \u003cem\u003eTV\u003c\/em\u003e has changed—and changed us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving together personal memoir, social and political history, and reflecting on key moments in the history of news broadcasting and prime time entertainment, Susan Bordo opens up the 75-year-old time-capsule that is \u003cem\u003eTV\u003c\/em\u003e and illustrates what a constant companion and dominant cultural force television has been, for good and for bad. From the McCarthy hearings and \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eMad Men\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKilling Eve\u003c\/em\u003e, and the emergence of our first reality TV president, television has carried us through transformative times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455850103020,"sku":"9781501362521","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/610YcH4DELL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774801374","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/tv-by-professor-or-dr-susan-bordo-9781501362521","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}