Beschreibung:
""Genre and Television" is an insightful, original, and well researched book and makes a significant and timely contribution to television studies." --Annette Hill, University of Westminster, UK)
Introduction: Genres that Matter 1. Television Genres as Cultural Categories 2. Before the Scandals: Genre Historiography and the Cultural History of the Quiz Show3. From Saturday Morning to Around the Clock: The Industrial Practices of Television Cartoons4. Audiences Talk Genres: Talk Shows and the Intersections of Taste and Identity5. Policing Genres: Dragnet's Texts and Generic Contexts6. Making Fun of Genres-The Politics of Parody and Genre Mixing in Soap and The SimpsonsConclusion: Some Reflections on Reality TelevisionNotesAppendicesIndex