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Popular TV Genres
Television is the dominant mass-entertainment medium of the modern age. Yet, while popular genres in film have received much attention, their television equivalents have remained relatively unknown and unexplored. Popular Television Genres explores the lineages and taxonomies of fictional television worldwide. Written by experts in the field, each book in the series focuses on a particular genre or cycle of popular television. The approach is methodologically broad, balancing the textual analysis of narrative with the need to place popular television in its cultural and historical contexts, as well as analysing its critical and popular reception. Intended for use on television and media studies courses, Popular Television Genres provides informed and accessible reading for scholars, students and general readers alike.
Series editor: James Chapman, Professor of Film, University of Leicester
- Edited by: John R. Cook, Peter Wright
- 28 Oct 2005
- Hardback | Paperback
- Price: £59.50 | £17.99
From "Doctor Who" to "Red Dwarf", "Thunderbirds" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", British science fiction shows have delighted audiences worldwide. This book provides a national survey of the British TV genre, and offers in-depth analyses of these shows. It is useful for those interested in science fiction, and television history.
- Author: James Chapman
- 26 Apr 2002
- Hardback | Paperback
- Price: £59.50 | £17.99
British detective thrillers of the 1960s amused millions and are still shown internationally today. This book investigates these ironic, eccentric and knowingly stylish series and finds out in what way they represent the British idea of themselves.