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Fuller, Linda K.

The Cosby show: audiences, impact, and implications / Linda K.
Fuller.

p. cm.--(Contributions to the study of popular culture,

ISSN 0198-9871; no. 32)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-26407-4 (alk. paper)

1. Cosby show (Television program). 2. Cosby, Bill.
3. Television viewers--Attitudes. 4. Television programs--Social
aspects. I. Title. II. Series.

PN1992.77.C68F84 1992

791.45′72--dc20 92-884

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright ©131 1992 by Linda K. Fuller

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-884

ISBN: 0-313-26407-4

ISSN: 0198-9871

First published in 1992

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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