The Television Genre Book

Herausgeber: Creeber, Glen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and the visual form of television. This third edition of a key textbook brings together leading international scholars to provide an accessible, comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the debates, issues and concerns of television genre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 187mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781844575268
• ISBN-10: 1844575268
• Artikelnr.: 42527969

Autorenporträt

Edited By Glen Creeber

Inhaltsangabe

Preface (1st, 2nd, 3rd Editions).- Notes on Contributors.- PART I: INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS GENRE?.- 1. Genre Theory
Glen Creeber.- 2. Studying Genre
Steve Neale.- 3. Genre and Television
Steve Neale (Gene Development: Henri Focillon's Four Stages Of Evolution
Terry Bailey).- 4. The Uses And Limitations Of Genre
Graeme Turner.- 5. Genre, Hybridity And Mutations
Graeme Turner (Life On Mars: Genre Hybridity With A Twist
Robin Nelson).- 6. Genre And Format
Glen Creeber.- 7. Genre Study: Beyond The Text (Lost)
Jason Mittell.- PART II: DRAMA.- 8. Studying Television Drama
Robin Nelson.- 9. The Crime Series
Mareike Jenna (The Sopranos
Glen Creeber).- 10. The Detective Series (Dexter)
Mareike Jenner (Sherlock
Mareike Jenner and Lisa Richards).- 11. The Police Procedural
Lez Cooke (CSI
Glen Creeber), (The Wire
Mareike Jenner).- 12. The Action Series
Toby Miller (24
Glen Creeber) (Homeland
Lisa Richards).- 13. The Western
William Boddy (Deadwood
Glen Creeber).- 14. Teen Drama (Glee) (Skins)
Rachel Moseley.- 15. Hospital Drama
Jason Jacobs (Grey's Anatomy
Mareike Jenna) (House M.D.
Mareike Jenner).- 16. Drama-Documentary (Cathy Come Home
The Day After
John Corner).- 17. Costume Drama (Jane Austen Adaptations)
Robin Nelson (Downton Abbey
Glen Creeber).- 18. Telefantasy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Catherine Johnson (Game of Thrones
Helen Wheatley).- 19. Science Fiction (Star Trek)
Luke Hockley (The X-Files
Catherine Johnson) (Doctor Who
Matt Hills).- 20. Postmodern Drama (Twin Peaks)
Adrian Page (Ally McBeal
Robin Nelson) (Heroes
Glen Creeber).- PART III: SOAP OPERA.- 21. Studying Soap Opera
Anna McCarthy (Dallas
Glen Creeber).- 22. Realism and Soap Opera (Soul City)
Anna McCarthy (EastEnders
Glen Creeber).- 23. Soap Operas and their Audiences (A Country Practice)
John Tulloch.- 24. The Telenovela (Brazillian Telenovelas)
Thomas Tufte.- PART IV: COMEDY.- 25. Studying Comedy (Humour Theory)
Brett Mills (Comedy and 'Child Directed Speech'
Ian Wilkie).- 26. The Sketch Show (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Steve Neale.- 27. Stand-Up Comedy
Ian Wilkie.- 28. Situation Comedy, Part 1
John Hartley (The Unruly Woman Sitcom
Jane Feuer).- 29. Situation Comedy, Part 2
Jane Feuer (Sex and the City
Glen Creeber).- 30. The 'Gay' and 'Queer' Sitcom (Will and Grace)
Jane Feuer.- 31. Contemporary Sitcom: 'Comedy Vérité' (The Office) (BrassEye)
Brett Mills.- 32. The Panel Show (QI)
Brett Mills.- PART V: CHILDREN'S TELEVISION.- 33. Children's Television as Genre
Jason Mittell, (Horrible Histories
Lisa Richards), (Sesame Street
Glen Creeber).- 34. Moral Panics (Teletubbies)
Paul Wells.- 35. Children and Advertising
Merris Griffiths.- PART VI: NEWS.- 36. Studying Television News (The Propaganda News Model: Herman and Chomsky)
Justin Lewis (The Glasgow Media Group
Jackie Harrison).- 37. Analysing Television News
Justin Lewis (How to Analyse a TV News Programme
John Hartley).- 38. Constructing News Values (Gatekeeper Studies)
Jackie Harrison.- 39. Objectivity and Television News (The BBC and Impartiality)
Jackie Harrison (The Aesthetics of 24 Hour News
Glen Creeber).- 40. The Globalisation of Television News (CNN Cable News Network)
John Hartley.- 41. Citizen Journalism (Al-Jazeera)
Jackie Harrison.- PART VII: DOCUMENTARY.- 42. Studying Documentary
John Corner (Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
Glen Creeber).- 43. Form and Content in Documentary Study
John Corner.- 44. Documentary and Realism
John Corner.- 45. Observational Documentary: Fly-on-the-Wall (New Reflexive Documentary: 'The Broomfield Film')
Stella Bruzzi.- 46. Educational Programming (Discovery Channel and Walking With Dinosaurs)
K.J. Donnelly.- 47. Natural History Programming (Planet Earth)
Brett Mills.- 48. The Travelogue
Glen Creeber.- PART VIII: REALITY TELEVISION.- 49. Intro.