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An engaging and provocative study of the contemporary prime-time 'quality' serial television format, this book gives a timely account of prominent programmes such as 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, The Sopranos and The West Wing and explores their influential position within the televisi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2005]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface / Lucy Mazon
- Part I: Histories. The Writer/ producer in American television / Roberta Pearson
- The lack of influence of thirtysomething / Jane Feuer
- Twin Peaks: David Lynch and the serial-thriller soap / Linda Ruth Williams
- Quality/cult television: the X-Files and television history / Catherine Johnson
- Part II: The series/serial form. Introduction / Michael Hammond
- Television and Neo-Baroque / Angela Ndalianis
- Serial narrative and guest stars: Ally McBeal's eccentrics / Greg Smith
- The representation of youth and the twenty-something serial / Sarah Cardwell
- Violence and therapy in the Sopranos / Jason Jacobs
- Television, horror and everyday life in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Eric Freedman
- Part III: Receptions. Introduction / Michael Hammond. Cult TV, quality and the role of the episode / programme guide / Matt Hills
- Creating ' quality' audiences for ER on channel four / Janet McCabe
- The Bartlet administration and contemporary populism in NBC's The West Wing / J. Elizabeth Clark.