Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture
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Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural catagories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from Dragnet to The Simpsons , this book provides a new model of genre histiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television - from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ulitmately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.
Author: Jason Mittell (Middlebury College, USA)
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 152mm x 229mm, 470 g
Published: 2004, Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Communication & Media
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Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural catagories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from Dragnet to The Simpsons , this book provides a new model of genre histiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television - from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ulitmately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.
Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture