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Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union Ellen Mickiewicz (Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, Emory University) 9780195063196
RRP: £16.49£14.92Television has changed drastically in the Soviet Union over the last three decades. In 1960, only five percent of the population had access to TV, but now the viewing population has reached near total saturation. Today's main source of information in the... -
Color by Fox: The Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television by Kristal Brent Zook 9780195105483
RRP: £72.00£54.85Offering a fascinating examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s, this book provides, for the first time ever, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. Locating a persistent... -
Woman Up: Invoking Feminism in Quality Television by Julia Havas 9780814346556
£106.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814346556Author Julia HavasFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University PressWeight(grams) 152g -
The Rifleman by Christopher Sharrett 9780814330821
£19.95The Rifleman is perhaps the most significant and intelligent of the TV westerns from the late 1950s - an era when the western was the dominant television genre. With its story of a single father raising a son in 1880s New Mexico, ""The... -
Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited by Deirdre Boyle 9780195110548
RRP: £42.99£31.79This is a history of "guerilla television", a form of TV that was part of the larger alternative media tide which swept across the USA in the 1960s. Inspired by the fracturing issues of that decade, as well as the theories and writings of... -
A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister (16pt Large Print Edition) by Graham McCann 9780369308504
RRP: £34.99£31.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369308504Author Graham McCannFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 1252g -
The Killing by John Alberti 9780814342121
£17.62Although it lasted only four seasons and just forty-four episodes, The Killing attracted considerable critical notice and sparked an equally lively debate about its distinctive style and innovative approach to the television staple of the police... -
Gilligan's Island by Walter Metz 9780814333723
£17.62An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan's Island addressing key questions about American social life in the 1960s.Book InformationISBN 9780814333723Author Walter MetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher... -
Perry Mason by Thomas M. Leitch 9780814331217
£17.62Perry Mason was one of the most successful television programs from the 1950s and remains one of the most influential crime melodramas from any period. The show's influence goes far beyond its nine-year tenure (1957-66), the millions of dollars it... -
Father Knows Best by Mary R. Desjardins 9780814339473
£17.62Although the iconic television series Father Knows Best (CBS 1954-55; NBC 1955-58; CBS 1958-60) has enjoyed a long history in rerun syndication and an enduring fan base, it is often remembered as cultural shorthand for 1950s-era conformism and... -
Channeling Wonder: Fairy Tales on Television by Pauline Greenhill 9780814339220
£32.95Television has long been a familiar vehicle for fairy tales and is, in some ways, an ideal medium for the genre. Both more mundane and more wondrous than cinema, TV magically captures sounds and images that float through the air to bring them into homes,... -
Deadwood by Ina Rae Hark 9780814334492
£17.62A definitive study of David Milch's HBO series Deadwood in the context of the television western as a genre and the intersection of capital and violence in American history.Book InformationISBN 9780814334492Author Ina Rae HarkFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
News is People: The Rise of Local TV News and the Fall of News from New York by Craig Allen 9780813812076
£57.05The evolution of television news, as told by industry insiders News is People: The Rise of Local TV News and the Fall of News from New York explores 50 years of television broadcasting to discover the cultural transformations that built the news media we... -
Real Sister: Stereotypes, Respectability, and Black Women in Reality TV by Jervette R. Ward 9780813575070
RRP: £124.00£88.73From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for their negative representation of African American women as loud, angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to... -
Public Interests: Media Advocacy and Struggles over U.S. Television by Allison Perlman 9780813572291
RRP: £31.00£22.38Nearly as soon as television began to enter American homes in the late 1940s, social activists recognized that it was a powerful tool for shaping the nation's views. By targeting broadcast regulations and laws, both liberal and conservative activist... -
Fifty Key Television Programmes by Glen Creeber 9780340809433
£32.28Fifty Key Television Programmes offers a comprehensive and invaluable account of television from the perspective of the programmes themselves. "From I Love Lucy" to "The Simpsons", from "The Twlight Zone" to "The... -
The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera by Charlotte Brunsdon 9780198159803
RRP: £102.50£87.67The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera traces the history of the feminist engagement with soap opera using a wide range of sources from programme publicity to interviews with key soap opera scholars. The book reveals that feminist scholarship on... -
British Youth Television: Cynicism and Enchantment by Karen Lury 9780198159704
RRP: £98.00£97.63British Youth Television examines the phenomenon of 'yoof' television - programmes such as Network 7, The Word, The Big Breakfast, Snub TV and Gamesmaster. Between 1987 and 1995 these and other related programmes formed part of a high profile genre that... -
While America Watches: Televising the Holocaust by Jeffrey Shandler 9780195139297
RRP: £28.99£20.94Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited by Deirdre Boyle 9780195043341
RRP: £107.50£90.28This is a history of "guerilla television", a form of TV that was part of the larger alternative media tide which swept across the USA in the 1960s. Inspired by the fracturing issues of that decade, as well as the theories and writings of... -
Sitcommentary: Television Comedies That Changed America by Mark A. Robinson 9781538114193
RRP: £35.00£30.95From I Love Lucy to Blackish, sitcoms have often paved the way for social change. Television comedy has long been on the frontline in how America evolves on social issues. There is something about comedy that makes difficult issues more palatable-with... -
Sex and the City: A Cultural History by Nicole Evelina 9781538165676
RRP: £30.00£26.68An insightful look at the cultural impact of the television phenomenon Sex and the City. Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, one word was on everyone's lips: sex. Sex and the City had taken the United States, and the world, by storm. Carrie, Miranda,... -
I'm a Celebrity... Where's Kiosk Keith? by 9780600635314 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29I'm A Celebrity's Kiosk Keith has escaped the Outback Shack and is somewhere in the jungle. Can you locate him, 10 bushtucker trial stars, and key celebrities, critters and objects? It's not as easy as you may think! This fun, family activity book... -
DADS ARMY by 9781844861057 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.09Dad's Army has been an enduring highlight of the small screen since its debut on British television in 1968. The show, which follows the exploits of the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea, a fictional seaside town on the south coast of England, ran for nine... -
Saturday Morning Censors: Television Regulation before the V-Chip by Heather Hendershot 9780822322115 [USED COPY]
RRP: £85.00£1.25Many parents, politicians, and activists agree that there's too much violence and not enough education on children's television. Current solutions range from the legislative (the Children's Television Act of 1990) to the technological (the V-chip)... -
Doctors - Who's Who?: The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord by Craig Cabell 9781843581864 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook by Clive James 9780300218091 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen Television and TV viewing are not what they once were-and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic... -
Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture by Susan Murray 9780814757338
£90.28Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity by Victoria E. Johnson 9780814742921
£89.88Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Top Gear Story: The 100% Unofficial Story of the Most Famous Car Show...In the World by Martin Roach 9781843583332 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£1.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
We Want to Believe: Faith and Gospel in the X-Files by Amy M Donaldson 9781606083611
RRP: £26.00£19.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606083611Author Amy M DonaldsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 381g -
Screens of Blood: A Critical Approach to Film and Television Violence Gregory Desilet 9780786477913
RRP: £28.99£24.45Civilization seems to move ever more toward the power of words over weapons. But many people, especially Americans, still believe wrongs in life can be righted with a fist or a gun or a bomb. Cultural mythology lags reality and continues to send the... -
Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection Jeanette M. Berard 9780786433483
RRP: £67.99£57.79In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, producers and directors came from radio. This crossover endowed the American Radio Archives with a treasure trove of television documents. The collected scripts span more than 40 years of... -
The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells Us about Who We Were and Who We Are (and Everything In-Between!) by Mitchell Hadley 9781732620704
RRP: £12.95£12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732620704Author Mitchell HadleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Throckmorton Press LLCPublisher Throckmorton Press LLCWeight(grams)... -
Horizontal Hold: The Making and Breaking of a Network Television Pilot by Daniel Paisner 9781504029834
RRP: £10.99£9.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504029834Author Daniel PaisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Open Road DistributionPublisher Open Road DistributionWeight(grams) 340g -
Paying Respect to the ""Sopranos: A Psychosocial Analysis by Christopher J. Vincent 9780786436088
RRP: £21.99£17.97This work, one of the first academic studies of The Sopranos to include references to the highly regarded show's final episode, provides a detailed account of lead character Tony Soprano's psychological journey through all eight seasons of the popular... -
Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed Television by Bill Mesce 9780786497867
RRP: £17.99£14.87There are two ages in the history of television: before HBO and after HBO. Before the launch of Home Box Office in 1972, the industry had changed little since the birth of broadcast network television in the late 1940s. The arrival of the premium cable... -
Adapting Bridgerton: Essays on the Netflix Show in Context by Valerie Estelle Frankel 9781476693316
RRP: £35.99£29.60The beloved television show Bridgerton breaks racial barriers as it explores an alternate history in which biracial Queen Charlotte elevated people of color to dukes and earls, welcoming new perspectives in Regency London. Essays in this work examine... -
I Know You Are, but What Am I?: On Pee-wee Herman by Cait McKinney 9781517918286
RRP: £9.00£8.36How Pee-wee and his playhouse help us reimagine our relationships to technologyI Know You Are, but What Am I? explores the cultural legacy of Pee-wee Herman, the cult television star of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. This children’s show—that was also for... -
The Cw Comes of Age: Essays on Programming, Branding and Evolution by Ashley Lynn Carlson 9781476682112
RRP: £39.99£32.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476682112Author Ashley Lynn CarlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 152g