30 Rock and philosophy : we want to go to there / edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski.

Other author Wisnewski, Jeremy.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010.
Descriptionix, 230 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series
Blackwell philosophy and popculture series. ^A719544
Contents Introduction : platonic fantasies and Tina Fey-losophy -- What would Oprah do? ethics and the good life at 30 Rock. Being Kenneth : some moral lessons / P. Sue Dohnimm -- Sour lemon : Liz's workaholism and the meaning of life / Jeffrey A. Hinzmann -- Friendship on 30 Rock : what a Greek philosopher can teach us about companionship / Dan Yim -- A Confucian-Aristotelian critique of 30 Rock's "semi-virtuous path" / Adam Barkman -- The girlie show : gender, race, and sexual orientation at 30 Rock. Race at the Rock : race cards, white myths, and postracial America / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- Getting gay : how 30 Rock helps us understand sexuality / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- And the followship award goes to... third wave feminism? / Ashley Barkman -- Dealbreaker! : corporations, professions, and politics. Medicine's not a science : Dr. Leo Spaceman and the role of the incompetent professional in today's America / Kevin S. Decker -- Is there a difference between East Coast television and microwave ovens? moral questions about corporate management / Andrew Terjesen -- The emancipation corporation : loving and loathing the Shinehardt wigs of the world / Nick Michaud -- Liz and Jack can't be friends! : communitarianism, libertarianism, and politics at 30 Rock / Nicholas Michaud -- Mind grapes (to nourish your thinking). "The bubble," the cave and Samsara : being deluded at 30 Rock / Adam Barkman -- Of cookie jars and CEOs : time and self on 30 Rock / Tyler Shores -- One city's cheese curl addict is another city's model : a question of taste / Michael Da Silva and Melina Found -- "I'm straight up mentally ill" : Tracy Jordan and true, justified belief / Robert Arp -- Performing at 30 Rock (and everywhere else) / Marc E. Shaw.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010013143
ISBN9780470575581 (pbk.)
ISBN0470575581 (pbk.)