History & Criticism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550227444Author Neil GaimanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 887g

Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune-or even willfully blind-to the landmark upheavals rocking American society during the 1960s. Groove Tube is Aniko Bodroghkozy's rebuttal of this claim. Filled with entertaining and enlightening...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525509011Author Emily NussbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Popular Culture/Leisure) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781550229981Author Caseen GainesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint...

New in paperbackRevised and expandedDuring the tumultuous 1990s, as Russia struggled to shed the trappings of the Soviet empire, television viewing emerged as an enormous influence on Russian life. The number of viewers who routinely watch the nightly...

The first in-depth look at this pioneering "reality TV" documentary.Before 1973, the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California, lived in the privacy of their own home. With the airing of the documentary An American Family, that "privacy" extended to every...

Redefines media history through Chicano film and television.One of the most influential figures in ethnic media studies takes direct aim at how Chicano filmmaking has been represented in the history of media in the United States. Shot in America tackles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925556001Author Nigel GilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint Melbourne BooksPublisher Melbourne BooksWeight(grams) 180g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887715506Author Richard IrvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783837666243Format PaperbackImprint Transcript PublishingPublisher Transcript Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581825503Author Telly DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 235Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 613g

The complete and groundbreaking "The L Word" is now out on DVD and this book makes the perfect companion, covering the series in its entirety. "Loving The L Word" picks up where Reading "The L Word: Outing Contemporary Television" (I.B. Tauris, 2006)...

From Mrs Peel to the first female Doctor Who, this book offers a timely focus on the popular phenomenon of the cult TV heroine. The enduring phenomenon of cult TV itself is carefully explored through questions of genre, the role of the audience and the...

A lot has happened since Finding Serenity. We learned River's secret; Mal took on the Alliance. Our favorite crew became Big Damn Heroes. And the Browncoats proved that hard work, passion and a little fan coordination can do the impossible. Serenity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668205648Author Rebecca JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 181g

In this book, Sherri Williams explores the digital activism of the Black social TV audience, a subset of Black Twitter. In addition to demands for social equality and shifts in social justice, Williams argues, the Black social TV audience advocated for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814350263Author Vincent L StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University Press

As television grew more enticing for both viewers and filmmakers in the 1950s, several independent film producers with knowledge of making low-cost films and radio shows transferred their skills to producing shows for the small screen. Rather than...

Television conveys powerful messages about sexual identities, and popular shows such as Will & Grace, Ellen, Glee, Modern Family, and The Fosters are often credited with building support for gay rights, including marriage equality. At the same time,...

Television is the most powerful system of images in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Nonetheless, TV has attained only little philosophical attention so far, especially compared to other (visual) media such as film. This book looks at TV as what...

The book puts together for the first time valuable updated information that looks at children’s television from its early days up to the current digital age, with its vast digital media offerings and availability. It offers new insights about a central...

Television is the most powerful system of images in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Nonetheless, TV has attained only little philosophical attention so far, especially compared to other (visual) media such as film. This book looks at TV as what...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave contemporary TV viewers an exhilarating alternative to the tired cultural trope of a hapless, attractive blonde woman victimized by a murderous male villain. With its strong, capable heroine, witty dialogue, and a creator...

The book puts together for the first time valuable updated information that looks at children’s television from its early days up to the current digital age, with its vast digital media offerings and availability. It offers new insights about a central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350242357Author Lorna JowettFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592115303Author Doug HillFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Histria LLCPublisher Histria LLC

Rereleased for Star Trek: The Original Series ' 50th Anniversary, this in-depth analysis of the groundbreaking TV show features an updated introduction by Robert J. Sawyer and foreword by David Gerrold Trekkies and Trekkers alike will get starry-eyed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685127329Author Chris ChanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Level Best BooksPublisher Level Best BooksWeight(grams) 608g

Wide-ranging, in-depth analysis of Spanish-language television fiction after the 2008 global financial crisis.Crisis TV addresses the motif of crisis that has come to dominate contemporary Hispanic televisual production since 2008 and the onset of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998453177Author D G ValdronFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint D.G. ValdronPublisher D.G. ValdronWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399513814Author Helen PiperFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

In the past, the examination of myth has traditionally been the study of the ""Primitive"" or the ""Other."" More recently, however, myth has been increasingly employed in movies and in television productions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935303619Author Brad MiddletonFormat HardbackImprint By Light Unseen MediaPublisher By Light Unseen MediaWeight(grams) 1166g

Essays in this work investigate the relationship between our past and science fiction and fantasy television. Some essays contextualize a particular program or series while others discern ways in which a show depicts history. Thus, through close readings...

Contributions by Apryl Alexander, Alisia Grace Chase, Brian Faucette, Laura E. Felschow, Lindsay Hallam, Rusty Hatchell, Dru Jeffries, Henry Jenkins, Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff, Curtis Marez, James Denis McGlynn, Brandy Monk-Payton, Chamara Moore, Drew Morton,...

Reviled by critics but beloved by an extraordinarily faithful audience, Hee Haw was seen in over 15 million homes a week during the height of its popularity. Many years after going off the air, Hee Haw remains the longest running variety show of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887712994Author Joseph BrutsmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 662g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531660987Author Frank AbsherFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library...

Few American television series are as deeply entrenched in twentieth-century popular culture as M*A*S*H, a Korean War medical comedy characterized by its dark tone and finesse in tackling serious social and political issues. By the end of its run,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887715513Author Richard IrvinFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 449g