| Description |
x, 277 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. From Electronic Theatre to ... Cyberspace? Technology and Televisual Form -- 2. Flexi-Narrative from Hill Street to Holby City: Upping the Tempo; Raising the Temperature -- 3. Dislocations of Postmodernity: Transition in the Political Economy of Culture -- 4. Signs of the Times? Heartbeat and Baywatch -- 5. TV Drama Forms: Tradition and Innovation; Gradual (Un)realizations -- 6. Framing 'the Real': Oranges, Middlemarch, X-Files -- 7. The Public Stock of Harmless Pleasure: Pleasure, Meanings, Responsibilities -- 8. Diverse Innovations: Radical 'Tec(h)s'; NYPD Blues, Between the Lines, The Singing Detective -- 9. For What It's Worth: Problematics of Value and Evaluation -- 10. Coda - Critical Postmodernism: Critical Realism; Twin Peaks and Our Friends in the North -- Appendix. Segment Breakdown of Casualty, Episode 16 October 1993 |
| Summary |
TV Drama in Transition reflects upon changing dramatic forms in television in the context of broad cultural shifts over the past two decades. Sceptical about a postmodern 'paradigm shift', Nelson nevertheless sets contemporary TV drama in its socio-economic context, and explores the dramatic forms and experiences of recent television texts. A contentious stance is taken on a number of media orthodoxies, and the case for critical realisms is remade |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Television programs -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
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Television programs -- United States -- Evaluation.
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| LC no. |
96047005 |
| ISBN |
0312172761 (St. Martin's Press) |
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0333677536 (hard) |
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0333677544 (paperback) |
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