History & Criticism

Long overlooked by scholars and critics, the history and aesthetics of German television have only recently begun to attract serious, sustained attention, and then largely within Germany. This ambitious volume, the first in English on the subject,...

Television was one of the forces shaping the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when a blockbuster TV series could reach up to a third of a country's population. This book explores television's impact on social change by comparing three sitcoms...

Advances in audiovisual technology, most notably the advent of the popular usage of digital technology in the last few years, have altered the face of popular television. Thanks to cable, satellite and now digital technology, television broadcasts can...

This book is the first study of the prolific German filmmaker, performance artist, and TV host Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010) that identifies him as a practitioner of realism in the theater and lays out how theatrical realism can offer an aesthetic...

The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and for mass entertainment has...

This book offers an interdisciplinary, historically grounded study of Asian cinemas' complex responses to the Cold War conflict. It situates the global ideological rivalry within regional and local political, social, and cultural processes, while...

The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and for mass entertainment has...

An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship. Each 'Moments' book is organised around a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770410510Author Sarah Clarke StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 375g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411791Author Richard RosenbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 158g

With iconic imagery and engrossing text, Black TV is the first book of its kind to celebrate the groundbreaking, influential, and often under-appreciated shows centered on Black people and their experiences from the last fifty years.Over the past decade,...

This book makes fascinating connections between the ways in which contemporary television serials cue cognitive operations, solicit emotional responses, and elicit aesthetic appreciationThe discussions in this book will have much to add to debates on the...

A history of prestige television through the rise of the "black-market melodrama." In Second Lives, Michael Szalay defines a new television genre-the black-market melodrama-that has driven the breathtaking ascent of TV as a cultural force...

This timely collection examines representations of medicine and medical practices in international period drama television. A preoccupation with medical plots and settings can be found across a range of important historical series, including Outlander,...

Tony Soprano, Don Draper, and Walter White ushered in the era of the television antihero, with compelling narratives and complex characters. While critics and academics celebrated these characters, the antiheroines who populated television screens in the...

This book offers an interdisciplinary, historically grounded study of Asian cinemas' complex responses to the Cold War conflict. It situates the global ideological rivalry within regional and local political, social, and cultural processes, while...

Among shifting politics, tastes, and technology in television history, one genre has been remarkably persistent: cop shows. Claudia Calhoun returns to Dragnet, the pioneering police procedural and an early transmedia franchise, appearing on radio in...

From 9/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopian-and so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal democracy in crisis, growing economic precarity, the...

Cue & Cut is a 'practical approach to working in television studios' for anyone who might want to work in that medium. It's full of useful information about kit, and how you would use it to create multi-camera content. Written by a multi-camera...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894959896Author Dave ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Apogee BooksPublisher Collector's Guide PublishingWeight(grams) 268g

This enlightening book is the go-to guide for fans for biographical information, rare photos, and interesting trivia about their favorite child stars, shows, series, networks, and the times that defined the shows. Spanning forty years of television...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550228472Author Jon LachonisFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 434g

A lively examination of the classic 1960s American crime show.Hawaii Five-O, created by Leonard Freeman in 1968, is an American police procedural drama series that was produced by CBS Productions and aired for twelve seasons. Author Brian Faucette...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550228885Author Ted NichelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 1078g

The broadcasting industry's trade association, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), sought to sanitize television content via its self-regulatory document, the Television Code. The Code covered everything from the stories, images, and sounds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550228076Author Nikki StaffordFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 809g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063090019Author Michael ImperioliFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 454g

An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship. Each ‘Moments’ book is organised around a...

Alan Schroeder's popular history now covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and adds new research on televised debates since 1960. Schroeder organizes his book according to a television...

With its twisty serialized plots, compelling antiheroes, and stylish production, Breaking Bad has become a signature series for a new golden age of television, in which some premium cable shows have acquired the cultural prestige usually reserved for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347244Author NMAHFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 216g

Passengers disco dancing in The Love Boat's Acapulco Lounge. A young girl walking by a marquee advertising Deep Throat in the made-for-TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. A frustrated housewife borrowing Orgasm and You from her local library in...

This book is a history of how television advertising rose to become a defining force in American culture in the two decades after World War II.Book InformationISBN 9780292777637Author Lawrence R. SamuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of...

Established in 2004.M?ori Television has had a major impact on New Zealand broadcasting. But over the past year or so, the politics of M?ori Television have been brought to the foreground of public consciousness, with other media outlets trackingM?ori...

Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential "very special episode" format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows...

1966 was the year that many TV viewers all over America discovered the wonders of "in living color." The 1966-1967 primetime television lineup was not only remarkable because of the legendary shows that aired, but also because it was the first...

Provides a thorough overview of the key theoretical debates surrounding the study of television but also relates these strongly to production, providing an important link to practice Includes a useful glossary of key terms which students can use to...

"In its original run on HBO, The Sopranos mattered, and it matters still," Dana Polan asserts early in this analysis of the hit show, in which he sets out to clarify the impact and importance of the series in both its cultural and media-industry contexts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474461986Author Mareike JennerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978803831Author Benjamin M. HanFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press