Genre and television : from cop shows to cartoons in American culture
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Genre and television : from cop shows to cartoons in American culture
Routledge, 2004
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, 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 TheSimpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, 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.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Genres that Matter
1. Television Genres as Cultural Categories
2. Before the Scandals: Genre Historiography and the Cultural History of the Quiz Show
3. From Saturday Morning to Around the Clock: The Industrial Practices of Television Cartoons
4. Audiences Talk Genres: Talk Shows and the Intersections of Taste and Identity
5. Policing Genres: Dragnet's Texts and Generic Contexts
6. Making Fun of Genres-The Politics of Parody and Genre Mixing in Soap and The Simpsons
Conclusion: Some Reflections on Reality Television
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Appendices
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"