The Television Genre Book - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184457217X ISBN 13: 9781844572175

Verlag: BFI Publishing, 2008

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A fully updated and expanded edition of a bestselling textbook

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Reseña del editor:

Genre is central to understanding television as an industry and a visual form. The new edition of 'The Television Genre Book' has been fully revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to the the concept of genre within television and to key television genres. 
 
Individual thematic sections by leading international television scholars address drama, soap opera, comedy, children's television, news, documentary, reality television, animation and popular entertainment, including talk shows and quiz shows.  The discussion is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programmes, ranging from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' to 'Supernanny' and from 'Teletubbies' to 'Lost'. 
 
The Contributors: William Boddy, Frances Bonner, Stella Bruzzi, Daniel Chandler, Lez Cooke, John Corner, Glen Creeber, K. J. Donnelly, Jon Dovey, Jane Feuer, Merris Griffiths, Jackie Harrison, John Hartley, Annette Hill, Matt Hills, Luke Hockley, Catherine Johnson, Justin Lewis, Anna McCarthy, Máire Messenger-Davies, Toby Miller, Brett Mills, Jason Mittell, Rachel Moseley, Steve Neale, Robin Nelson, Adrian Page, Jane Shattuc, Thomas Tufte, John Tulloch, Graeme Turner, Paul Wells 
 
The Editor:  Glen Creeber is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.  He is the author of 'Serial Television' (BFI 2004) and of 'The Singing Detective' in the BFI TV Classics series (2007), and editor of 'Tele-visions: An Introduction to Studying Television' (BFI 2006).

Biografía del autor:

GLEN CREEBER is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of Dennis Potter: Between Two Worlds (Palgrave, 1998) and of The Singing Detective in the BFI TV Classics series (2007).

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• Verlag: BFI Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184457217X
• ISBN 13: 9781844572175
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232
• Herausgeber: Creeber Glen, Miller Toby, Tulloch John