Title

Finding Yourself in Mad Men

Authors

Jimmie Manning, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow

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Description

The author reflects on how he places his father into the character of Don Draper, especially in consideration of Don's and his father's alcoholism.

ISBN

1443856258

Publication Date

1-2012

Department

Department of Communication

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

City

Newcastle

Keywords

Autoethnography, popular culture, Symbolic Placement, Symbolic Boasting, television, alcoholism

Comments

The author retained his rights to distribute the final published product when signing the publication contract. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4446.5608

Recommended Citation

Manning, J. (2012). Finding yourself in Mad Men. In D. Stern, J. Manning, & J. C. Dunn (Eds.), Lucky Strikes and a three martini lunch: Thinking about television’s Mad Men (pp. 89-96). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. doi:10.13140/2.1.4446.5608

Original Citation

Manning, J. (2012). Finding yourself in Mad Men. In D. Stern, J. Manning, & J. C. Dunn (Eds.), Lucky Strikes and a three martini lunch: Thinking about television’s Mad Men (pp. 89-96). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. doi:10.13140/2.1.4446.5608