Gilligan Unbound (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul A. Cantor
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: History, media, and sociology
- Time of Work: The 1960’s to the present
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Sociology
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, 1980’s, Mass media, Television or television broadcasting, 1990’s, Sociology, 2000’s
- Locales: United States
A serious scholar of the American mindset usually would not look to popular television shows, especially comedies and science fiction dramas, to hold transcendent meaning and illustrate a historical trend of political importance. Indeed, it is at first tempting to dismiss Paul Cantor’s main thesis; it brings to mind a parody of literary criticism that circulated decades ago in which an anonymous theorist set out to unveil the hidden meanings in the children’s nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. After reading Cantor’s introduction and giving the matter some thought, however, the...
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