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Theories and Identities
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Description
At a time when distinctions between television and film have blurred, and multiple TV channels offer us the chance to re-view TV dramas, there is still little attention paid to television drama as text or to ways of theorising such texts. This book offers both a clear account of theoretical approaches to television drama and readings of a range of television drama texts. Arguing that TV drama is a key site for exploring the usefulness of contemporary theories of identity, culture and representation, it offers a framework which links this analysis to theoretical concepts explored elsewhere in cultural, media and film studies over recent years. Each chapter provides a critical account of a specific theoretical approach, outlining its history and scope, and demonstrating its application across a range of TV dramas, ending with a close reading of particular examples. Organised around the themes of identity and subjectivity, the book encompasses a wide range of approaches and texts, from sitcom, to docudrama, to sci-fi and is an ideal resource for undergraduate students of Media Studies, Cultural studies, Communication Studies and Television and Film Studies.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Representing Television Drama: Television Drama and its Critics
Part 2: Stories and Meanings
Narrative
Genre
Realism
Part 3: Power and Subjectivity
Ideology, Hegemony and Discourse
Uses of Psychoanalysis
Part 4: Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Approaches
Sexual Subjects
Part 5: The end of representation? Television Drama and Postmodernism.
Product details
Published | Mar 01 2005 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 212 |
ISBN | 9780333968888 |
Imprint | Red Globe Press |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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