02842nam 2200625Ia 450 991081309070332120200520144314.00-8166-8411-1(CKB)1000000000347221(EBL)310221(OCoLC)476093045(SSID)ssj0000206057(PQKBManifestationID)11954526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206057(PQKBWorkID)10232840(PQKB)10957769(MiAaPQ)EBC310221(OCoLC)191818121(MdBmJHUP)muse39517(Au-PeEL)EBL310221(CaPaEBR)ebr10159381(CaONFJC)MIL523210(EXLCZ)99100000000034722119920218d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe movie of the week private stories/public events /Elayne Rapping1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19921 online resource (xliii, 162 pages)American culture ;v. 50-8166-2018-0 0-8166-2017-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The American Dream Machine: Movies for Large and Small Screens; Chapter 2 Genre, Narrative, and the Public Sphere; Chapter 3 Feminist Theory and the TV Movie: What the Genre Does Best; Chapter 4 TV Movies As Women's Genre; Chapter 5 TV Movies As History: Class, Race, and the Past; Afterword; Bibliography; IndexHere's a sophisticated, against-the-grain study of the politics of popular TV by Elayne Rapping. The essays in this work focus on a particular genre: the made-for-TV movie, which is usually dismissed as schmaltzy, low-brow, vacuous, apolitical fare by contemptuous critics. But Rapping takes on this prevailing elitist attitude; she defends many of these movies for being public events that wrestle with urgent social issues, and she argues that they often carry progressive, even subversive, messages, albeit in a contradictory way.American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ;5.Television and womenUnited StatesTelevision broadcasting of filmsUnited StatesTelevision broadcastingSocial aspectsUnited StatesTelevision and womenTelevision broadcasting of filmsTelevision broadcastingSocial aspects302.23/45/0973Rapping Elayne1938-1712813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813090703321The movie of the week4105289UNINA