Class, Culture, Representation

Week 5 Day 2 Discussion Question 3

March 11, 2016 by Holly Allen | 0 comments

In discussing The Honeymooners, Sheehan references Shelley Nickles’ discussion of the postwar working-class “more is better” approach to consumption.  According to Sheehan, how does Jackie Gleason’s star persona reflect that consumer approach?

Author: Holly Allen

I am an Assistant Professor in the American Studies Program at Middlebury College. I teach courses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. cultural history, gender studies, disability, and consumer culture.

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