{"product_id":"9781476615714","title":"A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom","description":"Television’s \u003ci\u003eCommunity\u003c\/i\u003e follows the shenanigans of a diverse group of traditional and nontraditional community college students: Jeff Winger, a former lawyer; Britta Perry, a feminist; Abed Nadir, a pop culture enthusiast; Shirley Bennett, a mother; Troy Barnes, a former jock; Annie Edison, a naïve overachiever; and Pierce Hawthorne, an old-fashioned elderly man. There are also Benjamin Chang, the maniacal Spanish teacher, and Craig Pelton, the eccentric dean of Greendale Community College, along with well-known guest stars who play troublemaking students, nutty professors and frightening administrators.    This collection of fresh essays familiarizes readers not only with particular characters and popular episodes, but behind-the-scenes aspects such as screenwriting and production techniques. The essayists explore narrative theme, hyperreality, masculinity, feminism, color blindness, civic discourse, pastiche, intertextuality, media consciousness, how \u003ci\u003eCommunity\u003c\/i\u003e is influenced by other shows and films, and how fans have contributed to the show.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158243098864,"sku":"9781476615714","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476615714_p0.jpg?v=1763608204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476615714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}