PERFECTION, WRETCHED, NORMAL, AND NOWHERE: A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION SETTINGS

Campbell, Gabriel Scott

dc.contributor.advisor	Shortridge, James R.
dc.contributor.author	Campbell, Gabriel Scott
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-04T12:39:38Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-04T12:39:38Z
dc.date.issued	2011-05-28
dc.date.submitted	2011
dc.identifier.other	http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11598
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7997
dc.description.abstract	Drawing inspiration from numerous place image studies in geography and other social sciences, this dissertation examines the senses of place and regional identity shaped by more than seven hundred American television series that aired from 1947 to 2007. Each state's relative share of these programs is described. The geographic themes, patterns, and images from these programs are analyzed, with an emphasis on identity in five American regions: the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the Midwest, the South, and the West. The dissertation concludes with a comparison of television's senses of place to those described in previous studies of regional identity.
dc.format.extent	691 pages
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Kansas
dc.rights	This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subject	Geography
dc.subject	Regional identity
dc.subject	Sense of place
dc.subject	Television
dc.subject	United States
dc.title	PERFECTION, WRETCHED, NORMAL, AND NOWHERE: A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION SETTINGS
dc.type	Dissertation
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Johnson, William C.
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Myers, Garth A.
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Slocum, Terry A.
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Hartman, James
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline	Geography
dc.thesis.degreeLevel	Ph.D.
kusw.oastatus	na
kusw.oapolicy	This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid	7643035
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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