• New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: New Information for upcoming Season 36 episodes have been revealed!
  • New article from the Springfield Shopper: An Unearthed Coffin Open Up Cold Case this October!
  • Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

The Simpsons: A Cultural History

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki


The Simpsons: A Cultural History
The Simpsons A Cultural History.jpg
Book Information
Publication date: June 2019
Author: Moritz Fink
Series: The Cultural History of Television
Genre: Non-fiction
Entertainment
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield


The Simpsons: A Cultural History is a book about the influence of The Simpsons on popular culture, written by German author Moritz Fink. It is part of the book series The Cultural History of Television, published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Description[edit]

The Simpsons: A Cultural History is an in-depth analysis of how The Simpsons has influenced popular culture, as well as how it has been influenced by popular culture. Moritz Fink reviews the history of the show, going back to its roots in the entertainment culture of the 1950s and 1960s, its creative origins in Matt Groening's Life in Hell and its development as a series of shorts in The Tracey Ullman Show. Fink also profiles the main characters and locations of the Simpsons universe. He closes with some speculations about the future of The Simpsons and a listing of the show's thirty most relevant episodes in terms of its cultural history.