Beyond representation : Television drama and the politics and aesthetics of identity / / Geraldine Harris

• Autore: Harris Geraldine
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4575
• Soggetto topico: Multiculturalism - Political aspects; Television plays, American - History and criticism; Television plays, English - History and criticism; Television plays, English; Television plays, American
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published as hardback in 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719074585; 9780719074585; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: beyond the politics of identity?; 1 Beyond realism? Modes of reading in Marxist-socialist and post-Marxist-socialist Television drama criticism; 2 The end(s) of feminism(s)? From Madonna to Ally McBeal; 3 Divided duties: diasporic subjectivities and 'race relations' dramas (Supply and Demand, The Bill, Second Generation); 4 The world of enterprise: myths of the global and global myths (Star Trek); 5 Only human nature after all? Romantic attractions and queer dilemmas (Queer as Folk) ; Conclusion: beyond (simple) representation? Metrosexuality and The Murder of Stephen LawrenceReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Beyond Representation' poses the question as to whether over the last 30 years there have been signs of progress in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories, within television drama in Britain and the US.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond representation
• ISBN: 1-78170-101-6; 1-84779-172-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465670303321
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