Ambient Television

Ambient Television
Author : Anna McCarthy
Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 334
Release : 2001-03-16
ISBN 10 : 0822326922
ISBN 13 : 9780822326922
Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL
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Ambient Television Book Description:

Explores the pervasiveness of television in our homes, bars, stores, and more, discussing the roles television has played in different institutions from 1945 to the present and documenting the uses and meanings of sets in the material culture of built environment. Simultaneous.

Ambient Television
Language: en
Pages: 334

Ambient Television

Authors: Anna McCarthy
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-03-16 - Publisher: Duke University Press

Explores the pervasiveness of television in our homes, bars, stores, and more, discussing the roles television has played in different institutions from 1945 to
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Pages: 216

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Categories: Performing Arts
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Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-01 - Publisher: NYU Press

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Categories: Performing Arts
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Language: en
Pages: 184

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Categories: Music
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