Description: An analysis of I Love Lucy, one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television.
Brief description: Lori Landay is associate professor of cultural studies at Berklee College of Music, teaching visual culture. She is a new media artist and author of Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture as well as articles on digital narrative, virtual worlds, silent film, and other topics in American culture.
Review Quotes:
Imagine watching I Love Lucy in 1951. Television was very new, not yet in every household, let alone in almost every room, so maybe you are watching at your house or apartment, or maybe at a friend's or family member's house. The characters on your screen inhabit a living room with a television set; you are watching them watching television, and television is rapidly becoming an essential part of everyday life. This is the backdrop to the cultural phenomenon of 'Lucy TV.'"
-- "From chapter 1"