1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798749503321

Autore

Paget Derek <1946->

Titolo

No other way to tell it : docudrama on film and television / / Derek Paget

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-84779-814-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Disciplina

809.2/25

Soggetti

Television plays - History and criticism

Historical drama - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the second edition -- 1 Working on docudrama -- 2 The law and regulation – docudrama in the new millennium -- 3 Codes, conventions and change -- 4 Keywords, key debates -- 5 Histories: antecedents and first phase -- 6 Histories: second-phase developments -- 7 Histories: third-phase ‘co-pros’ -- 8 Histories: fourth-phase hybridisation -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This second edition of No other Way To Tell It defines the form, analyses its codes and conventions, and reviews contrasting histories in America and British practice - taking into account new developments since the first edition.These include television’s radically new ecology; with factual formats a growth area. Docudrama in film has also burgeoned recently, partly because the industries themselves have grown closer and partly because of continued interest in the lives of the famous and of those in the news. International co-production now exploits many different screening opportunities and possibilities, with the result that docudrama and become a cinematic as well as televisual staple. Docudrama is not only popular with audiences; it also causes constant flurries of commentary and controversy. Concerns about ‘borders’ and ‘boundaries’, a questioning of documentary’s claim to represent the real, doubts about the popular audience’s ability to cope



with new approaches to the ideas of witness, testimony and confession, authenticity and truth - all fuel the debate.This new edition situates docudrama and its ongoing debates within a newly vibrant and still highly contentious field of practice. This book will interest readers - academic and general - with an interest in fact-based drama in film, theatre and television

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164102203321

Autore

Piore Adam

Titolo

Body Builders, The : Inside the Science of the Engineered Human

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins

ISBN

0-06-256515-X

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the WeekWeaving together vivid storytelling and groundbreaking science, The Body Builders explores the current revolution in human augmentation, which is helping us to triumph over the limitations and constraints we have long accepted as an inevitable part of being humanFor millennia, humans have tried--and often failed--to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize mankind.In The Body Builders, Adam Piore takes us on a fascinating journey into the field of bioengineering--which can be used to reverse engineer, rebuild, and augment human beings--and paints a vivid portrait of the people at its center. Chronicling the ways new technology has retooled our physical expectations and mental processes, Piore visits people who have regrown parts of their fingers and legs in the wake of terrible traumas, tries on a muscle suit that allows him to lift ninety pounds with his



fingertips, dips into the race to create "Viagra for the brain," and shadows the doctors trying to give mute patients the ability to communicate telepathically.As science continues to lay bare the mysteries of human performance, it is helping us to see--and exist--above our expectations. The Body Builders will take readers beyond the headlines and the hype to introduce them to the inner workings and the outer reaches of our bodies and minds, and explore how new developments are changing, and will forever change, what is possible for humankind.