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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786078403321

Autore

Gray Ann

Titolo

History on Television [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-91985-0

0-203-07480-7

1-135-11543-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BellErin <1975->

Disciplina

791.450941

791.45658

Soggetti

Historical television programs -- Great Britain

History on television

National characteristics, English

Television -- Production and direction

Television and history -- Great Britain

Historical television programs - Production and direction - Great Britain

Television and history - Great Britain

Television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

HISTORY ON TELEVISION; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The business of television: public service to brand identity; 2 Landmark and flagship television: heritage and national identity; 3 Commemorative and 'historical event' television: memory and identity; 4 Reenactment: engagement, experience and empathy; 5 Who do 'they' think 'we' are?: considering the audience; Conclusion: Problematizing 'public history' - what is rarely there?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years non-fiction history programmes have flourished on television. This interdisciplinary study of history programming identifies and examines different genres employed by producers and tracks their commissioning, production, marketing and distribution



histories. With comparative references to other European nations and North America, the authors focus on British history programming over the last two decades and analyse the relationship between the academy and media professionals. They outline and discuss often-competing discourses about how to 'do' history and the underly