Review:
"As one who came of age in the 60s, this well-crafted collection of essays examining Mad Men will resonate with my era, fans, and scholars alike. Ranging broadly across nostalgia, identities, relationships, gender and sexuality, media and pedagogy, the essays offer close readings of discrete themes, encased adroitly in relevant theoretical frameworks. Fans, in particular, will find the arguments highly accessible. The authors have written in a style that is clear - making it easy to find points of agreement and disagreement with claims offered."Raymie E. McKerrowOhio University"Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch delivers what its subtitle promises - since reading it I've been thinking about Mad Men, and mulling over the many-layered meanings embedded in the series. The book guided my thoughts deftly because the chapters approach Mad Men from such a wide variety of perspectives. The book actually does more than it promises. Reading it is a lot of fun - something you don't hear too often about an academic book."Lynn H. TurnerMarquette University
About the Author:
Danielle M. Stern is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Christopher Newport University. She teaches courses in media and cultural studies, as well as critical and communication theory and research. Dr Stern's work has been published in The Communication Review, Text and Performance Quarterly, and Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Jimmie Manning is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. He teaches courses in relationships, gender and sexuality, and qualitative research. He co-edited Case Studies of Communication about Sex (Cambridge Scholars Publishing), and has co-authored a collection on qualitative research in relationships (SAGE, forthcoming). Jennifer C. Dunn is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Dominican University. Her research and teaching focuses on rhetorical and media criticism, gender and media representation, and popular culture. Her work has been published in Communication Studies, Feminist Media Studies, and International Communication Gazette, among other journals and collections.
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