Genre and Television

From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture

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Jason Mittell

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Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural catagories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from Dragnet to The Simpsons , this book provides a new model of genre histiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television - from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ulitmately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.

Author Biography:

Jason Mittell is Assistant Professor of of American Civilization and Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College. He has published essays in Cinema Journal, TheVelvet Light Trap, Television and New Media, FilmHistory, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and several anthologies. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.

Release date NZ

June 18th, 2004

Author

Jason Mittell

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

256

Dimensions

152x229x16

ISBN-13

9780415969031

Product ID

2505398

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