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Titolo |
Television and criticism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Solange Davin and Rhona Jackson |
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Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL, : Intellect, 2008 |
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1-281-44209-7 |
9786611442095 |
1-4356-5325-4 |
1-84150-228-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (130 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DavinSolange |
JacksonRhona <1949-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Television criticism |
Dramatic criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Our Common Cultural Heritage: Classic Novels and English Television; Aspects of the Soap Opera and Other Stories; Shakespeare on American Television and the Special Relationship between the UK & the USA; Television as History: History as Television; 'The story you are about to see is true': Dragnet, Film Noir and Postwar Realism; The Skilled Viewer; The Culture of Post-Narcissism: Post-Teenage, Pre-Midlife Singles Culture in Seinfeld, Ally McBeal and Friends |
Television's Vanishing Terms? Traditional Aesthetics and Television Drama in the Age of Reality TV'I've been searching my soul tonight': the Ally McBeal Effect; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Television and Criticism unites distinguished scholars from the fields of literary criticism, media studies, and film studies to challenge the traditional boundaries between high and low culture. Through a theoretical lens, this volume addresses such topics as the blurring of genres, television and identity, and the sophistication of television audiences by examining examples from soap operas, televised |
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adaptations of classic novels, film noir, and popular shows like Queer as Folk, Seinfeld, and Ally McBeal. Ranging from Shakespeare to Dragnet, this comprehensive study will interest cultural s |
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