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The contemporary television series

The contemporary television series
The contemporary television series
Discusses prominent TV programmes and their influence within the industry 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 television industry. Divided into the areas of history, aesthetics and reception, the text provides an illuminating overview of an increasingly hybrid television studies discipline. Chapters consider the formal and aesthetic elements in the contemporary television serial through approaches ranging from those concerned with issues of gender and sexuality, national identity, and reception to industry history and textual analysis. The book also includes British examples of 'quality' serial television emphasizing not only their cultural specificity but also the transnational context in which these programmes operate.
television series, contemporary, serial, us, uk
0748619011
Edinburgh University Press
Hammond, Michael
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Mazdon, Lucy
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Hammond, Michael
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Mazdon, Lucy
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Hammond, Michael and Mazdon, Lucy (eds.) (2005) The contemporary television series , Edinburgh, UK. Edinburgh University Press, 272pp.

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Discusses prominent TV programmes and their influence within the industry 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 television industry. Divided into the areas of history, aesthetics and reception, the text provides an illuminating overview of an increasingly hybrid television studies discipline. Chapters consider the formal and aesthetic elements in the contemporary television serial through approaches ranging from those concerned with issues of gender and sexuality, national identity, and reception to industry history and textual analysis. The book also includes British examples of 'quality' serial television emphasizing not only their cultural specificity but also the transnational context in which these programmes operate.

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Published date: May 2005
Keywords: television series, contemporary, serial, us, uk

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Local EPrints ID: 12136
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/12136
ISBN: 0748619011
PURE UUID: 1c74c440-1f6b-489e-8430-d9f2f9c42a39

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Date deposited: 14 Mar 2006
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 13:39

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