Leaving Springfield The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture Table of Contents Introduction John Alberti "Use a Pen, Sideshow Bob": The Simpsons and the Threat of High Culture" David L.G. Arnold Commodity Culture and Its Discontents: Mr. Bennett, Bart Simpson, and the Rhetoric of Modernism Kurt M. Koenigsberger The Simpsons and Hanna-Barbera's Animation Legacy Megan Mullen Countercultural Literacy: Learning Irony with The Simpsons Kevin J.H. Dettmar Homer Erectus: Homer Simpson as Everyman... and Every Woman Valerie Weilunn Chow Who Wants Candy? Disenchantment in The Simpsons Rob Sloane Myth or Consequences: Ideological Fault Lines in The Simpsons Vincent Brook "So Television's Responsible!": Oppositionality and the Interpretive Logic of Satire and Censorship in The Simpsons and South Park William J. Savage, Jr. Looking for Amanda Hugginkiss: Gay Life on The Simpsons Matthew Henry Releasing the Hounds: The Simpsons As Anti-Nuclear Satire Mick Broderick Local Satire with a Global Reach: Ethnic Stereotyping and Cross-Cultural Conflicts in The Simpsons Duncan Stuart Beard Bart Simpson, Prince of Irreverence Douglass Rushkoff Leaving Springfield By John Alberti (editor) Wayne State University Press ISBN 0814328490 MSRP $21.95 Last updated on November 3, 2003 by webmaster@snpp.com
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