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UNINA9910827658503321 |
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Autore |
Palmer Mr Jerry |
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Titolo |
Potboilers : Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-98430-8 |
9786611142285 |
1-281-14228-X |
0-203-13161-4 |
1-283-54644-2 |
1-134-98431-6 |
9786613858894 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Communication and Society |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc |
Books and reading -- United States |
Canon (Literature) |
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century |
Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc |
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Formato |
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 contenuto |
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Front Cover; Potboilers; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Concepts and methods; 1. Approaches to popular fiction; 2. Narrative grammar; 3. Narrative and connotative processes; 4. The speaking/reading subject; 5. Narrative and ideology; 6. Hegemony and subject position; 7. Genre; Part II: Case studies; 8. Crime fiction: the genre dimension; 9. Crime fiction: film noir and gender; 10. Soap opera, romance and femininity; 11. Reading as a Woman; 12. Sitcom: commercial imperative sand humour; 13. Sitcom and social reality; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Potboilers looks at the many forms of popular narrative - in print, film and TV. It considers the ways in they have been analysed in literary |
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criticism, sociology, communications, media and cultural studies. The book introduces and summarizes two decades of debate about mass-produced fictions and their position within popular culture. It assesses the methods that have been used in these debates, focussing both on narrative analysis and the communications process. It explores generic conventions, the role of commercial strategies, and the nature of the audience with reference to cr |
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