Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events
- ISBN-10
- 0815605056
- ISBN-13
- 9780815605058
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- David Bianculli
Description
This Dictionary of Teleliteracy, which will do for television and popular culture what The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy did for 'high culture, ' explores 500 programs and televised events whose impact on American culture, Good or ill, will not likely be forgotten. These include all-time-favorite shows.
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