{"product_id":"tv-9781501362521","title":"TV","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and middle-class families huddled around a tiny black-and-white screen, TV dinners on their laps, awaiting weekly sitcoms that depicted an all-white world in which mom wore pearls and heels as she baked endless pies. If this seems a distant past, that's a measure of just how much TV has changed-and changed us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together personal memoir, social and political history, and reflecting on key moments in the history of news broadcasting and prime time entertainment, Susan Bordo opens up the 75-year-old time-capsule that is TV and illustrates what a constant companion and dominant cultural force television has been, for good and for bad, in carrying us from the McCarthy hearings and \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKilling Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, and the emergence of our first reality TV president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501362521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Susan Bordo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38471608074421,"sku":"9781501362521","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_68959a6e-bd29-4fa8-99f6-c8de815bb3c8.jpg?v=1612931006","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tv-9781501362521","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}