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Women in Television News Revisited: Into the Twenty-first Century by Judith Marlane 9780292752283
RRP: $33.53$27.12Women in television news have made great strides in the past twenty-five years. No longer limited to being the token pretty face on the nightly newscast, women have taken their places as working journalists in newsrooms, on the campaign trail, in war... -
Small Screen, Big Picture: Television and Lived Religion by Diane Winston 9781481314794
RRP: $60.57$49.92A pioneering study at the intersection of religion and media, Small Screen, Big Picture treats television as a virtual meeting place where Americans across racial, ethnic, economic and religious lines find instructive and inspirational narratives. An... -
Searching the Soul of ""Ally McBeal: Critical Essays by Elwood Watson 9780786425273
RRP: $28.37$23.18Ally McBeal, the immensely popular television series by producer David Kelley that ran on Fox television from 1997 to 2002, was both groundbreaking and controversial. Attracting a tidal wave of popular attention, the show's challenging presentation of... -
Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years 1947-1987 by Hal Erickson 9780786411986
RRP: $28.37$23.70Here is an excellent reference book on "first run" syndication--the distribution of programs either made exclusively for non-network play, or of programs intended for network telecasts but ultimately making their debuts in syndication. Bringing... -
Lou Grant: The Making of TV's Top Newspaper Drama by Douglass K. Daniel 9780815626756
RRP: $50.25$41.73This text is an account of the TV programme Lou Grant. The creation of characters, casting of actors, the script writing process and the impact of network censors are detailed here. Interviews with actors, producers, writers, directors are also... -
The New Entrepreneurs by Jon Kraszewski 9780819569462
RRP: $38.06$30.69According to the sociologist C. Wright Mills in his 1951 book, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, the "new entrepreneur" was a lone wolf able to succeed in post-World War II corporate America by elusively meandering through various... -
In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Sterling by Peter Wolfe 9780879727291
RRP: $51.54$42.25In 1833 Alexander Pushkin began to explore the topic of madness, a subject little explored in Russian literature before his time. The works he produced on the theme are three of his greatest masterpieces: the prose novella The Queen of Spades, the... -
Internet Comedy Television Series, 1997-2015 by Vincent Terrace 9780786497607
RRP: $37.40$30.68Created around the world and available only on the web, internet ""television"" series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding,... -
Bonfire of the Humanities: Television, Subliteracy, and Long-Term Memory Loss by David Marc 9780815603214
RRP: $33.48$27.14The inaugural volume in The Television Series focuses on the relationship between the rise of the multi-media environment - television and electronic media - and the decline of the humanities in academia, the changing role of print literacy, and the... -
Batman by Matt Yockey 9780814338179
RRP: $21.93$18.20ABC's action-comedy series Batman (1966-68) famously offered a dual address in its wildly popular portayal of a comic book hero in a live action format. Children uncritically accepted the show's plots and characters, who were guided by lofty ideals and... -
Teaching The Wire: Frameworks, Theories and Strategies for the Classroom by Tia Sheree Gaynor 9780786493906
RRP: $37.40$30.16HBO's critically acclaimed drama The Wire has seen increasing use as course material in college classrooms since the 2008 series finale. Yet there are few resources available to those using the show as a teaching tool. This collection of new essays... -
Tomboys, Pretty Boys and Outspoken Women: The Media Revolution of 1973 by Edward D. Miller 9780472117758
RRP: $104.49$85.24Contemporary American media is awash with reality programs, faux documentaries, and user generated content. When did this fixation on real or feigned nonfictionality begin? Tomboys, Pretty Boys, and Outspoken Women argues that its origins can be found in... -
The Wire: Race, Class, and Genre by Liam Kennedy 9780472071784
RRP: $99.33$81.63Few other television series have received as much academic, media, and fan celebration as The Wire, which has been called the best dramatic series ever created. The show depicts the conflict between Baltimore's police and criminals to raise a warning... -
See it Now Confronts McCarthyism: Television Documentary and the Politics of Representation by Thomas Rosteck 9780817351915
RRP: $38.64$31.13Rostock's history offers insight into the relationship between Cold War ideology, television documentary, the tactics of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, and their overall impact on political culture. There are illuminating readings of the documentary texts... -
The Dick Van Dyke Show by Joanne Morreale 9780814340318
RRP: $21.93$18.20The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS 1961-1966) was a uniquely self-reflexive sitcom that drew on vaudevillian tropes at a time when vaudeville-based comedy variety was disappearing from television. At the same time, it reflected the liberal politics of the... -
Small Screen, Big Picture: Television and Lived Religion by Diane Winston 9781602581852
RRP: $50.25$41.22A pioneering study at the intersection of religion and media, Small Screen, Big Picture treats television as a virtual meeting place where Americans across racial, ethnic, economic and religious lines find instructive and inspirational narratives. An... -
A European Television History by Jonathan Bignell 9781405163392
RRP: $121.20$105.61European Television History brings together television historians and media scholars to chart the development of television in Europe since its inception. The volume interrogates the history of the medium in divergent political, economic, cultural and... -
A Newscast for the Masses: The History of Detroit Television Journalism by Tim Kiska 9780814333020
RRP: $36.06$29.08This title explores the development of local television news and the economic and social factors that elevated it to prominence.As the chief source of information for many people and a key revenue stream for the country's broadcast conglomerates, local... -
Critiquing the Sitcom: A Reader by Joanne Morreale 9780815629832
$31.81This anthology presents writings that examine the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race and ethnic issues. The selections range from early shows such as ""I Remember Mama"" to the more recent ""Roseanne"". The volume also... -
Critical Media Studies: Student Essays on THE WIRE by Mary M Dalton 9780692439616
RRP: $32.19$30.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692439616Author Mary M DaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 654Imprint Library Partners PressPublisher Library Partners PressWeight(grams) 943g -
Ruatv Heidegger And The Visual by Tony Fry 9780909952211
RRP: $9.02$6.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780909952211Author Tony FryFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Power Institute of Fine ArtsPublisher Power Institute of Fine ArtsWeight(grams) 200g -
Reading Joss Whedon by Rhonda V. Wilcox 9780815610380
RRP: $33.48$26.59In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, few writers and producers inspire more admiration and response than Joss Whedon. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Much Ado about Nothing, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog to The... -
Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos by Michael Imperioli 9780063090026
RRP: $38.70$23.32The definitive oral history of the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos, packed with untold stories from behind the scenes and on the set. Stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa-whose Talking Sopranos podcast has become a... -
Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet by Sharon Marie Ross 9781405161244
$40.96Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Charts the revolution in television viewing that is currently underway in living rooms across... -
Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet by Sharon Marie Ross 9781405161237
RRP: $104.43$90.84Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Charts the revolution in television viewing that is currently underway in living rooms across... -
Julia Child's The French Chef by Dana Polan 9780822348726
RRP: $32.24$27.39Julia Child's TV show, The French Chef, was extraordinarily popular during its broadcast from 1963 until 1973. Child became a cultural icon in the 1960s, and, in the years since, she and her show have remained enduring influences on American cooking,... -
In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling by Peter Wolfe 9780879727307
RRP: $23.16$16.06The classic television show The Twilight Zone explored the possibilities inhering in the ordinary. A Twilight Zone episode moved us by being poignant and intimate, rambunctious or thought provoking. But whether it takes place on an asteroid, in a city... -
Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls by Douglas L. Howard 9780815611059
RRP: $43.80$36.09Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated... -
Saturday Night Live and American TV by Ron Becker 9780253010827
RRP: $28.37$25.63For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy... -
The Good Place by Erin Giannini 9780814348659
RRP: $25.74$21.57Pobody's nerfect" - or whatever the saying might be! As humans we are constantly worried about how our actions may come back to haunt us. The Good Place (2016-2020) is a high-concept American sitcom that brought light to the dark topic of the afterlife,... -
The Spoiler: Revealing the Secrets of Survivor by Chillone The Chillone 9780595291786
RRP: $15.47$11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595291786Author Chillone The ChilloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 227g -
Lou Grant: The Making of TV's Top Newspaper Drama by Douglass K. Daniel 9780815603634
RRP: $21.87$17.74When Lou Grant premiered in the fall of 1977, it quickly became a symbol of television drama at its best. During its five years on the air, Lou Grant earned critical acclaim as an entertaining yet thoughtful drama about important social and political... -
Creeds, Codes and Cowboy Commandments: Tv's B-Western Heroes Rules to Live by by Matthew McKenzie 9780692832776
RRP: $19.29$17.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692832776Author Matthew McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint McKenzie House PublishingPublisher McKenzie House PublishingWeight(grams) 339g -
Winter is Coming: Symbols and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones by Valerie Estelle Frankel 9780692591598
RRP: $12.89$10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692591598Author Valerie Estelle FrankelFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Thought Catalog BooksPublisher Thought Catalog BooksWeight(grams)... -
Scots, Sassenachs, and Spankings: Feminism and Gender Roles in Outlander by Valerie Estelle Frankel 9780692449080
RRP: $12.89$10.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692449080Author Valerie Estelle FrankelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Litcrit PressPublisher Litcrit PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Looking for Carrascolendas: From a Child's World to Award-Winning Television by Aida Barrera 9780292708921
RRP: $28.37$23.10If your childhood friends were Agapito, the bombastic, bilingual lion; Campamocha, the fix-it man; Caracoles, the restaurant owner; Uncle Andy, the shoe seller; Berta and Dyana, the life-size dolls; and Senorita Barrera, then you grew up watching... -
TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet by Cynthia Littleton 9780815610083
RRP: $33.48$23.68TV on Strike examines the 2007 upheaval in the entertainment industry by telling the inside story of the hundred-day writers' strike that crippled Hollywood. The television industry's uneasy transition to the digital age was the driving force behind the... -
The Gatekeeper: My 30 Years as a TV Censor by Alfred R. Schneider 9780815606833
RRP: $29.61$22.56From 1960 to 1990, Alfred R. Schneider served as head of standards and practices, or chief censor, for the American Broadcasting Company. This text, his autobiography, provides a unique history of American culture and the television industry.Book... -
The Big Picture: The Cold War on the Small Screen by John Lemza 9780700632534
RRP: $38.64$31.13Capitalizing on thousands of feet of accumulated footage captured by combat camera crews during the early years of the Korean War, a small group of US Army officers conceptualized a film series that would widen viewers' understanding of the service and... -
Television in Black-and-white America: Race and National Identity by Alan Nadel 9780700613984
RRP: $55.41$45.30Alan Nadel's provocative new book reminds us that most of the images on early TV were decidedly Caucasian and directed at predominantly white audiences. Television did not invent whiteness for America, but it did reinforce it as the norm - particularly...