Seinfeld, master of its domain : revisiting television's greatest sitcom / edited by David Lavery with Sara Lewis Dunne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: "Part of popular culture" : the legacy of Seinfeld / David Lavery and Sara Lewis Dunne -- "Giddy-up!" : introductions. Much ado about nothing : some final thoughts on Seinfeld / Albert Auster ; Seinfeld : a show (almost) about nothing / David Marc ; Seinfeld / Bill Wyman ; Reflections on Seinfeld -- "Maybe the dingoes ate your baby" : genre, humor, intertextuality. Seinfeld as intertextual comedy / Michael Dunne ; They laughed unhappily ever after : Seinfeld, situation comedy, and the sitcom encounter with nothingness / Barbara Ching ; Jane Austen, meet Jerry Seinfeld / Dennis Hall ; Genre expectation and narrative innovation in Seinfeld / Amy McWilliams --"If I like their race, how can that be racist?" : gender, generations, and ethnicity. Male anxiety and the buddy system in Seinfeld / Joanna L. Di Mattia ; "Do you think they're having babies just so people will visit them?" : parents and children on Seinfeld / Matthew Bond ; Seinfeld is a Jewish sitcom, isn't it? Ethnicity and assimilation in 1990s American television / Jon Stratton --"It is so sad. All your knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons" : cultural, pop cultural, and media matters. The Republic of Seinfeld / Geoffrey O'Brien ; Seinfood : purity, danger, and food codes on Seinfeld / Sara Lewis Dunne ; "It'll always be Burma to me" : J. Peterman on Seinfeld / Eleanor Hersey ; Getting the joke even if it is about nothing : Seinfeld from a European perspective / Elke van Cassel ; From must-see-TV to branded counterprogramming : Seinfeld and syndication / Michael M. Epstein, Mark C. Rogers, and Jimmie L. Reeves -- Rereading Seinfeld after Curb your enthusiasm / David Lavery with Marc Leverette -- "Get out!" : back pages. Glossary of Seinfeldian terms / Betty Lee ; Seinfeld episode and situation guide -- Seinfeld intertexts and allusions.