{"product_id":"2940169980509","title":"Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation (Abridged)","description":"Going well beyond a critical discussion of a single television program, this book will use \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e as a window on the culture at large to deliver first-hand reportage of the defining events and trends of our accelerated, confounding era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanet Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to bring in-depth analysis to that most important pop-cultural institution of the last decade¿Fox TV's \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e¿and use the show as a microcosm of the Western culture it has hilariously (and mercilessly) influenced and reflected. \u003ci\u003ePlanet Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e is broken down into scathingly funny chapters analyzing each major character's relationship to different facets of the American character: from Homer, the ultimate everyman of the American century to C. Montgomery Burns, who is unchecked capitalism personified.","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098157465840,"sku":"2940169980509","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169980509_p0.jpg?v=1763698545","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169980509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}