We won’t have our normal blog for this week (leading up to class on April 20th). Instead, in class we will have a discussion of your papers and will screen and discuss episodes from The Goldbergs, Amos n’ Andy, and All in the Family. Please come ready to discuss your progress on Paper 2!
Here are the reading for Friday (4/20). Please read the article entitled Archie Bunker’s Bigotry completely. But as for “The Meanings of Memory” focus on the sections on “Family Formation and the Economy–Television View” and “Work, Class and Ethnicity.” I know this post is coming in a bit late, so I understand if you cannot give these articles as much thought as you might have otherwise.
2) George Lipsitz-The meaning of memory family class ethnicity in early network television
But please come prepared to talk about Rockeach and Lipsitz’s argument about the function of television in terms of race and ethnicity after we watch the episodes in class.
Looking forward to seeing you on Friday!
