Bøger i Television and Popular Culture serien
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- The Evolution of a National Icon
413,95 - 608,95 kr. Reveals how the comic book hero has evolved to maintain relevance to America's fluctuating ideas of masculinity, patriotism, and violence. Stevens outlines the history of Captain America's adventures and places the unfolding storyline in dialogue with the comic book industry as well as America's varying political culture.
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- 413,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. Arguing for respect and serious attention to be given to the medium of television, this manifesto takes on the conventional wisdom about TV, challenging allegations that it discourages literacy and encourages violence. David Bianculli seeks to define, explore and embrace the mass medium, heralding television as an ideal forum for art, information and education.
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- 208,95 kr.
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- Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal
465,95 kr. Analyses the communication, politics, stereotypes, and genre techniques featured in the television series Scandal while raising key questions about the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and viewing audiences.
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- 465,95 kr.
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- Genre, Queerness, and Transformation in NBC's Hannibal
478,95 kr. Explores questions of authorship and audience response as well as themes of horror, gore, cannibalism, queerness, and transformation in the NBC series Hannibal. Contributors also address Hannibal's distinctive visual, auditory, and narrative style.
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- 478,95 kr.
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- Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal
892,95 kr. Analyses the communication, politics, stereotypes, and genre techniques featured in the television series Scandal while raising key questions about the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and viewing audiences.
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- 892,95 kr.
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- Genre, Queerness, and Transformation in NBC's Hannibal
953,95 kr. Explores questions of authorship and audience response as well as themes of horror, gore, cannibalism, queerness, and transformation in the the NBC series Hannibal. Contributors also address Hannibal's distinctive visual, auditory, and narrative style.
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- 953,95 kr.
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- Nat Hiken and the Golden Age of Comedy
313,95 kr. Nat Hiken was the driving force behind the 1950s and 1960s series ""Sgt Bilko"" and ""Car 54, Where Are You?"". This biography of the television pioneer places him in broadcast history, drawing on first-hand interviews with some well-known TV personalities such as Carol Burnett and Alan King.
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- 313,95 kr.
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- A Reader
298,95 kr. An anthology of writings that examine the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race and ethnic issues. The selections range from early shows such as ""I Remember Mama"" to the more recent ""Roseanne"".
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- 298,95 kr.
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- How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time (includes CD)
208,95 kr. I Love Lucy remains a popular sitcom 45 years after its debut. Written by the producer and head writer of the show Jess Oppenheimer, with his son Gregg, this book provides an insight into how the comedy was conceived and executed, and gives an account of the broadcasting industry's development.
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- 208,95 kr.
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- Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929aEURO"1956
263,95 kr. In 1929, ""The Goldbergs"" debuted on the air, introducing Gertrude Berg - and her radio alter ego, Bronx housewife Molly Goldberg - to the nation. This biography provides a look at how Gertrude Berg carved a special place for herself in the annals of broadcast history.
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- 263,95 kr.
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- Nuanced Postnetwork Television
473,95 kr. Focusing on themes of feminism, gender identity, and mental health, contributors explore the ways in which the CW dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend challenged viewer expectations, as well as the role television critics play in identifying a show's ""authenticity"" or quality.
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- 473,95 kr.
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- Nuanced Postnetwork Television
913,95 kr. Focusing on themes of feminism, gender identity, and mental health, contributors explore the ways in which the CW dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend challenged viewer expectations, as well as the role television critics play in identifying a show's ""authenticity"" or quality.
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- 913,95 kr.
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- From Howdy Doody to Girls
943,95 kr. Given the importance of finales to television viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore endings and what they mean to the audience, both in terms of their sense of narrative and as episodes that epitomize an entire show.
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- 943,95 kr.
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- From Howdy Doody to Girls
413,95 kr. Given the importance of finales to television viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore endings and what they mean to the audience, both in terms of their sense of narrative and as episodes that epitomize an entire show.
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- 413,95 kr.
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- Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls
413,95 kr. Bringing together essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other.
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- 413,95 kr.
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- The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences
483,95 kr. First published in 1880, Ben-Hur became a best-seller. For over a century, it has become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply powerful story and monumental experience for some and a defining work of bad taste and false piety for others. Bigger Than "Ben-Hur" to explores its polarizing effect and expands the contexts within which it can be studied.
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- 483,95 kr.
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- Practical Advice For Succeeding in Television
278,95 - 348,95 kr. A collection of interviews with some of today's top episodic TV writers contains revealing insights to why people become television writers and what makes them successful. Each chapter's topic is distilled into a practical lesson for both professionals and aspirants to heed if they wish to find or maintain success in writing for television.
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- 278,95 kr.
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- 823,95 kr.
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313,95 kr. In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, few writers and producers inspire more admiration than Joss Whedon. This collection of articles represents some of the best work covering a wide array of topics that clarify Whedon's importance, including considerations of narrative and visual techniques, myth construction, symbolism, gender, heroism, and the business side of television.
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- 313,95 kr.
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- A History of American Television Writing
208,95 kr. This work shows the behind-the-scenes writers of the best and the worst American television shows. Writers instanced include Paddy Chafesky and Steven Bochco, recounting their experiences of working and fighting with network producers, censors and stars. The books uses interviews and ancedotes.
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- 208,95 kr.
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- From Hill Street Blues to ER
208,95 kr. Offers an insider's tour, touching on the network's dizzying decision-making process, and the artists who have revolutionized the medium.
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- 208,95 kr.
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- Four Cases of Controversy and Censorship in American Television Programming
278,95 kr. Assesses four controversial television programs from the perspective of media history, assessing the censorship present at all four networks and the political and intellectual inertia it produces in broadcast television. This book reinvigorates the subject of free speech in American society.
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- 278,95 kr.
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- Works about and by Three TV Dramatists
253,95 - 688,95 kr. This title mixes interviews, essays, and representative scripts from three successful American television dramatists. It seeks to be of use to the novice scriptwriter by providing a ""close study of exemplary writing"".
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- 253,95 kr.
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- A History of Film and Cinematic Innovation in Central New York
263,95 kr. Conventional screen histories tend to concentrate on New York City and Hollywood in chronicling the evolution of American cinema. Notwithstanding the tremendous contribution of both cities, Syracuse and Central New York also played a strategic - yet little-known - role in early screen history. This book details the origins of American film.
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- 263,95 kr.
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- A History of Screenwriting in the American Film, Third Edition
208,95 kr. Updated and expanded for the third edition, this volume presents a comprehensive account of the development and influence of the American screenwriter.
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- 208,95 kr.
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373,95 kr. The first book dedicated to the analysis of this immensely successful series, Interrogating The Shield brings together ten critical essays, written from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Topics range from an exploration of the series' derivation, genre, and production, to expositions of the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of the show.
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- 373,95 kr.
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- Television's New Women Warriors
253,95 - 548,95 kr. A critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. It delves into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling, and provides a forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes.
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- 253,95 kr.
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- Conversations with America's Top Producers of Television Drama
208,95 - 618,95 kr. ER, ""Law and Order"" and ""The Sopranos"" are just a few of the dramas that launched a new era of TV at the turn of the millennium. This text gives scholars and fans alike a firsthand account of the lives, philosophy and contribution of some of the best writers and producers of the 1980s and 1990s.
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- 208,95 kr.
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- Tales from TV's Most Prolific Sitcom Director
283,95 kr. In this autobiography, Rafkin recounts his behind-the-scenes experience working in over 80 different television series. He recounts how directing strung-out actors and dodging their blows made life on the set a world unto itself.
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- 283,95 kr.
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- The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place
208,95 kr. In attempting to define ""Generation X"", Rob Owens offers a history of network and cable television since the birth of Generation X, and goes on to explore the symbiotic relationship between television and this largely misunderstood age group. He maintains that television consumes innocence.
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- 208,95 kr.