Television Drama - Theories and Identities

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.>

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• Authors: Tony Purvis, Su Thornham, Sue Thornham, Sue Purvis Thornham
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2004
• EAN: 9780333968871
• ISBN: 978-0-333-96887-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; B, Criminology, Social Sciences, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, exceptionalfilm;film;media;media studies;television