{"product_id":"9780814340332-knots-landing","title":"Knots Landing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003eWhile 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\u003e in 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\u003eFans 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55403502928246,"sku":"9780814340332","price":18.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28344715.jpg?v=1742486135","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780814340332-knots-landing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}