| Description: |
This fully revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive introduction to television genre, addressing genre as a concept and key television genres, including drama, comedy, crime series, news and reality tv, with case studies of classic and contemporary tv programmes and contributions from leading tv scholars. |
| Synopsis: |
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, Maire 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). |