Learning on ScreenClass Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
- Synopsis
- Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, CLASS DISMISSED navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television’s beginnings to today’s sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.
Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in television’s depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants. It breaks new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television’s often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people.
Featuring interviews with Stanley Aronowitz, (City University of New York); Nickle and Dimed author, Barbara Ehrenreich; Herman Gray (University of California-Santa Cruz); Robin Kelley (Columbia University); Pepi Leistyna (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and Michael Zweig (State University of New York-Stony Brook). Also with Arlene Davila, Susan Douglas, Bambi Haggins, Lisa Henderson, and Andrea Press. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2006
- Year of production
- 2005
- Documentation
- Book by Pepi Leistyna available separately
- Subjects
- Media studies; Sociology
- Keywords
- archive television; media representation; television programmes; United States of America; working classes; Television drama
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 NTSC
- Price
- $250.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 62 minutes
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- NTSC
- Price
- $250.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 62 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Distributor
- Name
Media Education Foundation
- info@mediaed.org
- Web
- http://www.mediaed.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 413 584 8500
- Fax
- +1 413 586 8398
- Address
- 60 Masonic Street
Northampton
Massachusetts 01060
USA - Notes
- The MEF produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of the mass media, particularly in the US, with emphasis on gender, health, politics, race and commercialism. Sale on DVD.
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