Beast, the Eunuch and the Glass-Eyed Child Television in the Eighties

In this lively and provocative collection of essays, veteran media critic Ron Powers, recipient of both a Pulitzer Prize and an Emmy Award, takes a searing look at a pivotal decade in TV history. He playfully presents some serious thoughts on TV, arguing that TV is a subject of utmost importance, ³perhaps the unifying and inevitable subject of our time.² The essays by Powers contain significant insights into what TV did for us &, most especially, to us in the 1980s. He shows how America has reached a stage where the distinction between entertainment, news, and education -- between TV and the real world -- has nearly vanished.Powers, Ron is the author of 'Beast, the Eunuch and the Glass-Eyed Child Television in the Eighties' with ISBN 9780788199844 and ISBN 0788199846.