The Television Genre Book (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Creeber, Glen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading international scholars to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the debates, issues and concerns of the field. Structured in eleven sections, The Television Genre Book introduces the concept of 'genre' itself and how it has been understood in television studies, and then addresses the main televisual genres in turn: drama, soap opera, comedy, news, documentary, reality television, children's television, animation and popular entertainment.

This third edition is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programming from each genre, ranging from The Simpsons to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and from Monty Python's Flying Circus to Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. It also features new case studies on contemporary shows, including The Only Way Is Essex, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Planet Earth, Grey's Anatomy and QVC, and new chapters covering topics such as constructed reality, travelogues, telefantasy, stand-up comedy, the panel show, 24-hour news, Netflix and video on demand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781844578986
• Artikelnr.: 44934635

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.