TV and society Books
Edinburgh University Press Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film
Book SynopsisAnalyses the growth of American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. It offers a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture.Table of Contents1 American Film Comedy and Cultural Critique; 2 The Feeding Machine and Feeding the Machine: Silence, Sound and the Technologies of Cinema; 3 The Constitution of the Real: Documentary, Mockumentary, and the Status of the Image; 4 Parody: Targeting Cinema's Narrative Technics; 5 The Unspeakable and Political Satire: Performance, Perception, and Technology; 6 Conclusion: Between the Machine and the Event: Film Comedy.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press International Noir
Book SynopsisExamines the influence of film noir on visual narrative and technique in global cinematic traditions. This book suggests that the film noir style continues to appeal on such a global scale because no other cinematic form has merged style and genre to effect a vision of the disturbing consequences of modernity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; The Noir Impulse, Homer B. Pettey; 1. British Noir, James Leach; 2. French Noir 1947-79: From Grunge-Noir to Noir-hilism, Susan Hayward; 3. French Neo-noir: an aesthetic for the Policier, Maureen Turim; 4. Early Japanese Noir, Homer B. Pettey; 5. The Gunman and the Gun: Japanese Film Noir since the late 1950s, David Desser; 6. Darker than Dark: Film Noir in its Asian Contexts, Stephen Teo; 7. Nordic Noir and Neo-Noir: The Human Criminal, Andrew Nestingen; 8. Indian Film Noir, Corey Creekmur; 9. The New Sincerity of Neo-Noir, R. Barton Palmer; 10. Post-noir: getting back to business, Mark Bould; Selected Reading Guide to International Film Noir; Selected Viewing Guide to International Film Noir; Index.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Scenes from the Suburbs
Book SynopsisSuburbia. Say the word and a stream of images pass before your eyes: white picket fence, neatly mowed lawns, winding roads nicely lined with trees, pastel tinted bungalows, bored housewives, conspicuous consumption. We all know what the suburbs are about. Or do we? This book looks again at the filmic and televised spaces we think we know so well.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Us Independent Film After 1989
Book SynopsisOffers a study of US independent films marginalised in and by the rise of 'indie' culture. This book develops an expanded understanding of US 'indie' film culture. It also identifies the contribution of a community of US 'indie' filmmakers and actors, with a particular emphasis on women practitioners.Table of ContentsContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Possible Films; Claire Perkins and Constantine Verevis; 1. All the Real Girls (2003): Indie Iove; Claire Perkins; 2. Bubble (2005): The network society; Radha O'Meara; 3. Buffalo '66 (1998): The radical conventionality of an indie happy ending; James MacDowell; 4. The Exploding Girl (2009): The everyday and the occluded gaze; Laura Rascaroli; 5. Frozen River (2008): Mobility and uncertain boundaries; Mark Berrettini; 6. Jesus' Son (1999): 'I knew every raindrop by its name'; Constantine Verevis; 7. Keane (2004): Cold comfort camera; Jaime Christley; 8. Kicking and Screaming (1995): The significance of slightness; Chad R. Newsom; 9. Laurel Canyon (2002): Lacuscular cinema; Jodi Brooks; 10. Living in Oblivion (1995): How mistaking Chad for Brad could not overcome the commercial limitations of the self reflexive cycle; John Berra; 11. Lovely & Amazing (2001): Naked chick flick; Linda Badley; 12. Old Joy (2006): Resisting masculinity; E. Dawn Hall; 13. Pariah (2011): Coming out in the middle; Patricia White; 14. Primer (2004): A primer in first time indie filmmaking; Geoff King; 15. Rachel Getting Married (2008): Personal cinema and the smart chick film; Hilary Radner; 16. Secretary (2002): Purple pose, indie masochism, bruised romance; Elena Gorfinkel; 17. Waitress (2007): Tragedy and authorship in an indie 'meta movie'; Steven Rawle; 18. The Weight of Water (2000): A spectacular, if transformative failure; R. Barton Palmer; 19. Winter's Bone (2010): Modest deals and film adaptation; Noel King; 20. You Can Count On Me (2000): Living in dependence; Jesse Fox Mayshark; Contributors.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press George Cukor
Book SynopsisPresents a critical analysis of the films and career of George Cukor. This title covers his work in theatre and his early films as well as his later work and emphasis on Cukor and performance. It features essays by leading film scholars.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Special Affects
Book SynopsisExamines the translation of classical Hollywood into Disney's feature films from a Deleuzian perspective. This book retells the emergence of Disney animation and classical Hollywood cinema from the perspective of affect and the embodied modes of generating affection.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Media and the British General Elections of
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£999.99
Edinburgh University Press The Franchise Era
Book SynopsisExamining how traditional media incumbents like studios and networks have responded to the rise of new entrants from the technology sector (such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google), the authors take a critical look at the way new and old industrial logics collide in an increasingly fragmented and consolidated mediascape.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Ancient Greece on British Television
Book SynopsisAncient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentarythis collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.
£27.54
Ebury Publishing Intimacy
Book Synopsis"A vital contribution to our understanding of intimacy both on screen and in life." Gillian Anderson An Evening Standard ''Book to Watch'' for 2025From the initial spark of attraction when your eyes first meet, to spontaneously dancing together in the kitchen and falling asleep side by side - how do we create those intimate moments of connection? As a pioneering Intimacy Coordinator, Ita O'Brien has choreographed some of the most groundbreaking, passionate and vulnerable intimate scenes onscreen. From Normal People to I May Destroy You, and in so many more productions, she has also made these scenes safer, more joyful and more empowering to perform in. No one knows intimacy, the power of true connection, better than her. So, what can her work teach us about our own relationships, both with ourselves and others? How can we use her tools to discover what it is that we truly want in our intimate lives? And how can all of this create environments in which intimacy can take seed, grow and even thrive? Combining embodied wisdom, behind-the-scenes stories and exercises for connection, Intimacy offers us a field guide to discovering our desires, communicating our needs, and cultivating truly intimate relationships at every stage of our lives.
£15.29
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Media Mediocrity - Waging War Against Science:
Book SynopsisFrom science channels and documentaries to fictional and children's programming, television brings a myriad of scientific discoveries and theories into the homes of people around the world. While television is an important intermediary between society and its understanding of science, this record argues that the science we learn on the tube is inaccurate, misleading, and, sometimes, even dangerous. Dealing with issues such as tobacco consumption, global warming and Intelligent Design-as well as a host of pseudoscientific pursuits like UFOs, ghosts, and the afterlife-this illuminating account examines how producers' pursuit of ratings and profit trump any desire to provide the Audience with an accurate knowledge of science.
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC TV's Betty Goes Global: From Telenovela to
Book SynopsisPremiering in 2006,Ugly Betty, the award-winning US hit show about unglamorous but kind-hearted Betty Suarez (America Ferrera),is the latest incarnation of a worldwide phenomenon that started life as a Colombian telenovela,Yo soy Betty,la fea, back in 1999. The tale of the ugly duckling has since taken an extraordinary global journey and become the most successful telenovela to date. This groundbreaking book asks what the Yo soy Betty,la fea/Ugly Betty phenomenon can tell us about the international circulation of locally produced TV fictions as the Latin American telenovela is sold to,and/or re-made-officially and unofficially-for different national contexts. The contributors explore what Betty has to say about the tensions between the commercial demands of multimedia conglomerates and the regulatory forces of national broadcasters as well as the international ambitions of national TV industries and their struggle in competitive markets. They also investigate what this international trade tells us about cultural storytelling and audience experience,as well as ideologies of feminine beauty and myths of female desire and aspiration. TV's Betty Goes Global features original interviews with buyers and schedulers,writers,story editors and directors,including the creator of Yo soy Betty, la fea, Fernando GaitanTrade Review'This terrific and timely collection's distinct focus on the Yo soy Betty,la fea phenomenon allows for an impressively expansive inquiry into contemporary television and global popular culture.' Tasha Oren, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introduction: ‘Oh Betty, You’re So Beautiful’ Janet McCabe The Whole World’s Unlikely Heroine: Ugly Betty as Transnational Phenomenon Michele Hilmes Our Betty: The Legacy of Yo soy Betty, la fea’s Success in Colombia Yeidy M. Rivero Interview with Jeff Ford on the purchase of Ugly Betty for Channel 4 Jean Chalaby Interviews with TV Executives involved in the German Adaptation, Verliebt in Berlin Andrea Esser Betty and Lisa: Alternating Between Sameness and Uniqueness Bianca Lippert Ugly Betty, Flemish Sara: Telenovela Adaptation and Generic Expectations Alexander Dhoest and Manon Mertens Re-Creating Betty’s World in SpainStefania Carini Towards a Cultural Economy of Chou Nu (Nv) Wu Di: The Ugly Betty franchise in the People’s Republic of China Coco Xiaolu Ma and Albert Moran How Ugly Can Betty Be in India? Divya D. McMillin Ugly Betty on Turkish Television: Updating Popular Cinema Laurence Raw Esti Ha'mechoeret: The Israeli Ugly Betty Amit Lavie-Dinur and Yuval Karniel The Greek Maria The Ugly: The Never-Ending Journey of a Myth Betty Kaklamanidou Czech Ugly Katka: Global Homogenization and Local Invention Irena Carpentier Reifová and Zden?k Sloboda Glamorously (Post) Soviet: Reading Yo soy Betty, la fea in Russia Elena Prokhorova Traveling Narratives and Transitional Life Strategies: Yo soy Bea and Ugly Betty Paul Julian Smith Our Betties, Ourselves Dana Heller
£25.99
de Gruyter Oldenbourg Hot Tubs and PacMan
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£14.00
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Black Boys: The Social Aesthetics of British
Book SynopsisClive Chijioke Nwonka is Associate Professor in Film, Culture and Society at University College London, UK.
£24.99
McGill-Queen's University Press What Television Remembers
Book SynopsisWhat Television Remembers explores the relationship between the medium of TV and the city of Toronto. In a close reading of CBC dramas from the 1960s to 2010, VanderBurgh explains how the city has functioned as a strategic location in CBC programming, reflecting changing ideas about Canadian identity, community, and citizenship.Trade Review“A great book to think with, an excellent contribution to the history and study of Canadian television, and an important meditation on the central problem of performing research on Canada’s media culture when there is such a paucity of archival resources, What Television Remembers is also a pleasure to read. VanderBurgh’s writing is clear, concise, and evocative.” Ira Wagman, Carleton University
£26.99
University of Texas Press Television Rewired
Book SynopsisFrom Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.Trade ReviewNochimson's book is well worth reading not only for its insights but for the dialogue and reflection it opens up among readers. * Lost in the Movies *Television Rewired is an essential contribution to the still-crystallizing critical definition of auteur television…from the unique perspective of a critic who has engaged with the medium in profound ways. * 25 Years Later *This book details the creative process of each of the series [that developed the concept of the television auteur], based on interviews and detailed research by the author…Recommended. * CHOICE *A lively and fascinating book...Throughout Nochimson is thoroughly consumed by the question of what constitutes television art, and what plausibly counts as a defense of its achievements; her prose is utterly compelling in its gentle unfolding of such complex and challenging questions. * New Review of Film and Television Studies *[Nochimson provides] solid, but accessible, insights into the process of auteur television expression....After reading Television Rewired, I learned a new vocabulary for television viewing. The book is not a judgment of what is good or bad. Nochimson expanded my appreciation for television by explaining exactly what it is I am watching. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Introduction: The David Effect The Founding Titans: Men without Formula Chapter 1. David Lynch, Twin Peaks Chapter 2. David Chase, The Sopranos Chapter 3. David Simon, The Wire The Legacy: New Options, New Questions, Retooled Formulas Chapter 4. David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Treme Chapter 5. Matt Weiner, Mad Men Chapter 6. Lena Dunham, Girls Chapter 7. Backlash! Formula 2.0 Coda: The Return of David Lynch Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£67.15
Yale University Press Remotely
Book SynopsisA leading film critic on the evolving world of streaming media and its impact on societyTrade Review“Thomson is the greatest writer on movies there’s ever been.”—Christopher Bray, TheSpectator “Our greatest film historian, critic, and writer about movies turns his peerless eye to TV, from I Love Lucy to Succession, Seinfeld to Ozark, The West Wing to Babylon Berlin; offering a sometimes exhilarating, sometimes bleak—and always brilliant—personal essay on the medium that has seemingly swallowed our world, fractured the way we view content, and forever altered whatever sense of reality we once shared.”—Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho“This book is like no other. David Thomson is television’s great demystifier, but one who nevertheless retains the power to fall in love, then fall out of love, become enchanted, then disillusioned almost in same breath. Both detached and partisan, enthusiast and skeptic, Thomson is at his paradoxical best in this book.”—Molly Haskell, author of Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films“That David Thomson writes brilliantly about the big screen is not news. What is news: that he’s every bit as insightful, every bit as penetrating, every bit as enthralling on the small screen. Pure rapture.”—Lili Anolik, author of Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.“In these pages, we join David and Lucy, sometimes almost imagining themselves Ricky and Lucy, watching alongside them, and then we’re arguing with them, doubting, quarreling as they do, making connections from the show on the screen to the world at large and then backing off, as trapped in the show as they are. ‘The night is young,’ Thomson says. ‘Or younger than we are.’”—Greil Marcus, author of Folk Music“In our time David Thomson is the supreme authority on filmic experience, period. Now he trains his vast powers of observation, analysis, erudition, and wit on the ‘golden age of television.’ Every golden age needs an honest man, and this golden age finds its honest man in these pages.”—Leon Wieseltier, editor of Liberties “Thomson’s brilliant writing about the experience of viewing film and television is informed by his deep knowledge of both media, his scholarship, and his unmatchable wit.”—Diane Johnson, author of Lorna Mott Comes Home “David Thomson is our greatest living writer on film, and in Remotely he takes on the wonders of the smaller screen to dazzling effect. His piercing eye shows us television for what it really is: the mirror of our deepest intimacies.”—Matthew Specktor, author of Always Crashing in the Same Car
£19.00
The University of Michigan Press Imagining Politics
Book SynopsisCritically examines two interpretations of government. The first comes from pop culture fictions about politics, the second from academic political science. Stephen Benedict Dyson argues that televised political fictions and political science theories are attempts at meaning-making, reflecting and shaping how a society thinks about its politics.Trade ReviewImagining Politics is a first-rate work of scholarship. Popular culture as conveyed through television shows, such as The West Wing and Yes, Minister, can help to explain the political world. The study provides an innovative account of the populist turn in multiple locations around the world. This is essential reading." - Patrick James, University of Southern California"This is an important and engaging resource for scholars and researchers because of the way that Dyson weaves understandings of fictional narrative into an understanding of the embedded narrative that constructs an entire academic discipline. Dyson integrates popular culture and narratives while analyzing the narratives that shape and form political science as a discipline, exploring the connections between stories told in different contexts." - Imagining Politics: Interpretations in Political Science and Political Television guides the reader through a fascinating interpretation of politics, from diverse vantage points, but through an understanding of the role of narratives." - Lilly Goren, Carroll University"Imagining Politics makes an interesting, novel, and important intervention into the political science literature. The book is crafty—it gets readers to learn about some particularly dry areas of political science by enticing us with Scandal and House of Cards—nicely done." - Renée Ann Cramer, Drake University "When a reality television personality becomes the President of the United States, it's time to pay attention to what television can tell us about politics. Stephen Benedict Dyson has the unusual ability to bridge political science and popular culture and find the 'useful fictions' in both." - John Sides, George Washington University
£19.90
LUP - University of Michigan Press Imagining Politics
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£60.95
Princeton University Press The Underwater Eye
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""A comprehensive, historical examination of underwater films and television shows that reflected the public’s interest in sea fantasies during three periods. . . . Insightful." * Choice Reviews *"Margaret Cohen’s comprehensive research and skilful writing makes this book a fascinating read. . . . The Underwater Eye is a very well written and researched book that takes us comprehensively through this remarkable journey."---Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse
£28.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Television and the Meaning of Live
Book SynopsisThis book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life'. It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. The elementary components of any real-world situation are place, people and time. These are first examined as basic existential phenomena drawing on Heidegger's fundamental enquiry into the human situation in Being and Time. They are then explored through the technological and production care-structures of broadcast television which, routinely and exceptionally, display the situated experience of being alive and living in the world today. It shows routinely in the live self-enactments of persons being themselves and the liveness of their ordinary talk on television. It shows exceptionally in television coverage of great occasions and catastrophes as they unfold live and in real time. Case studies reveal the existential role of television in salvaging the possibility of genuine experience, and in revealing the world-hTrade Review“Television and the Meaning of Live is an important and exciting book, which helps one to see television, and media in general, in new ways. More than this, it is a book that can help one to see the world as a whole anew, as befits the task of ‘unconcealment’ that was Heidegger's goal. It cannot be recommended highly enough.” Critical Studies in Television ''Taking a refreshing phenomenological perspective, Paddy Scannell offers a thoughtful and compelling analysis of the way live radio and television capture and disclose the everyday human situation. A remarkable intellectual achievement by one of the most influential theorists of communication, this book will definitely enrich and deepen our understanding of the central role of broadcasting in our lived experience.'' Milly Buonanno, La Sapienza University of Roma, author of The Age of Television ''Can a phenomenology of « live » broadcasting illuminate the nature of everyday human situations? Paddy Scannell daringly answers : yes. The meaning of « Live » has much to tell us about the meaning of « Life » . Inspired by Heidegger’s Being and Time, this brilliant and provocative book challenges us to unlock media theory from the relentless embrace of sociologism.'' Daniel Dayan, Centre National de la Recherche scientifique & Institut d’études Politiques, Paris ''Using television, Paddy Scannell examines our situatedness in the world and carves out a strikingly fresh approach to media analysis. A seminal contribution--perceptive and humane.'' Carolyn Marvin, Annenberg School, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Preface viii Part one: An introduction to the phenomenology of television Prologue: Heidegger's teacup 3 1. What is phenomenology? 5 2. Available world 14 3. Available self 27 4. Available time 39 5. Turning on the TV set 60 6. Television and technology 78 Part two: Television and the meaning of live 7. The meaning of live 93 8. How to talk – on radio 107 9. How to talk – on television 128 10. The moment of the goal – on television 153 11. Being in the moment: the meaning of media events 177 12. Catastrophe – on television 191 13. Television and history 209 Notes 225 References 245 Index 253
£17.09
University of British Columbia Press Staging Corruption
Book SynopsisIn late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. In Staging Corruption, Ruoyun Bai looks at the rise, fall, and reincarnation of these dramas and the ways in which they express the collective dreams and nightmares of China in the market-reform era. She also considers how these dramas as products of the interplay between television stations, production companies, media regulation, and political censorship unveil complicated relationships between power, media, and society. Her book will be essential reading for those following China''s ongoing struggles with the highly volatile issue of political and social nepotism.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Chinese Television Dramas: An Overview2 Corruption Dramas as a Mediated Space: CCTV, Intellectuals, and the Market3 Censorship, Governance Crisis, and Moral Regulation4 Anti-Corruption Melodrama and Competing Discourses5 Cynicism as a Dominant Way of Seeing6 Speaking of the “Desirable” Corrupt Official: A Case StudyConclusionAppendix: Selected Corruption Drama Titles; Notes; Bibliography; Index
£73.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Reality Television
Book SynopsisInternational in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the study of reality, factual and nonfiction television entertainment, encompassing a wide range of formats and incorporating cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Laurie Ouellette Part One Producing Reality: Industry, Labor, and Marketing 9 1 Mapping Commercialization in Reality Television 11June Deery 2 Reality Television and the Political Economy of Amateurism 29Andrew Ross 3 When Everyone Has Their Own Reality Show 40Mark Andrejevic 4 Cast-aways: The Plights and Pleasures of Reality Casting and Production Studies 57Vicki Mayer 5 Program Format Franchising in the Age of Reality Television 74Albert Moran Part Two Television Realities: History, Genre, and Realism 95 6 Realism and Reality Formats 97Jonathan Bignell 7 Reality TV Experiences: Audiences, Fact, and Fiction 116Annette Hill 8 From Participatory Video to Reality Television 134Daniel Marcus 9 Manufacturing “Massness”: Aesthetic Form and Industry Practice in the Reality Television Contest 155Hollis Griffin 10 God, Capitalism, and the Family Dog 171Eileen R. Meehan Part Three Dilemmas of Visibility: Identity and Difference 189 11 The Bachelorette’s Postfeminist Therapy: Transforming Women for Love 191Rachel E. Dubrofsky 12 Fractured Feminism: Articulations of Feminism, Sex, and Class by Reality TV Viewers 208Andrea L. Press 13 “It’s Been a While Since I’ve Seen, Like, Straight People”: Queer Visibility in the Age of Postnetwork Reality Television 227Joshua Gamson 14 The Wild Bunch: Men, Labor, and Reality Television 247Gareth Palmer 15 The Conundrum of Race and Reality Television 264Catherine R. Squires 16 Tan TV: Reality Television’s Postracial Delusion 283Hunter Hargraves Part Four Empowerment or Exploitation? Ordinary People and Reality Television 307 17 Reality Television and the Demotic Turn 309Graeme Turner 18 DI(t)Y, Reality-Style: The Cultural Work of Ordinary Celebrity 324Laura Grindstaff 19 Reality Television’s Construction of Ordinary People: Class-Based and Nonelitist Articulations of Ordinary People and Their Discursive Affordances 345Nico Carpentier Part Five Subjects of Reality: Making/Selling Selves and Lifestyles 367 20 Mapping the Makeover Maze: The Contours and Contradictions of Makeover Television 369Brenda Weber 21 House Hunters, Real Estate Television and Everyday Cosmopolitanism 386Mimi White 22 Life Coaches, Style Mavens, and Design Gurus: Everyday Experts on Reality Television 402Tania Lewis 23 Reality Television Celebrity: Star Consumption and Self-Production in Media Culture 421Julie A. Wilson 24 Producing “Reality”: Branded Content, Branded Selves, Precarious Futures 437Alison Hearn Part Six Affective Registers: Reality, Sentimentality, and Feeling 457 25 A Matter of Feeling: Mediated Affect in Reality Television 459Misha Kavka 26 “Walking in Another’s Shoes”: Sentimentality and Philanthropy on Reality Television 478Heather Nunn and Anita Biressi Part Seven The Politics of Reality: Global Culture, National Identity, and Public Life 499 27 Reality Television, Public Service, and Public Life: A Critical Theory Perspective 501Peter Lunt 28 Reality Talent Shows in China: Transnational Format, Affective Engagement, and the Chinese Dream 516Ling Yang 29 Reality Television from Big Brother to the Arab Uprisings: Neoliberal, Liberal, and Geopolitical Considerations 541Marwan M. Kraidy Index 557
£45.55
University of Texas Press Television Rewired
Book SynopsisFrom Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.Trade ReviewNochimson's book is well worth reading not only for its insights but for the dialogue and reflection it opens up among readers. * Lost in the Movies *Television Rewired is an essential contribution to the still-crystallizing critical definition of auteur television…from the unique perspective of a critic who has engaged with the medium in profound ways. * 25 Years Later *This book details the creative process of each of the series [that developed the concept of the television auteur], based on interviews and detailed research by the author…Recommended. * CHOICE *A lively and fascinating book...Throughout Nochimson is thoroughly consumed by the question of what constitutes television art, and what plausibly counts as a defense of its achievements; her prose is utterly compelling in its gentle unfolding of such complex and challenging questions. * New Review of Film and Television Studies *[Nochimson provides] solid, but accessible, insights into the process of auteur television expression....After reading Television Rewired, I learned a new vocabulary for television viewing. The book is not a judgment of what is good or bad. Nochimson expanded my appreciation for television by explaining exactly what it is I am watching. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Introduction: The David Effect The Founding Titans: Men without Formula Chapter 1. David Lynch, Twin Peaks Chapter 2. David Chase, The Sopranos Chapter 3. David Simon, The Wire The Legacy: New Options, New Questions, Retooled Formulas Chapter 4. David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Treme Chapter 5. Matt Weiner, Mad Men Chapter 6. Lena Dunham, Girls Chapter 7. Backlash! Formula 2.0 Coda: The Return of David Lynch Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£25.19
Duke University Press Channeling the State
Book SynopsisVenezuela''s most prominent community television station, Catia TVe, was launched in 2000 by activists from the barrios of Caracas. Run on the principle that state resources should serve as a weapon of the poor to advance revolutionary social change, the station covered everything from Hugo Chávez’s speeches to barrio residents'' complaints about bureaucratic mismanagement. In Channeling the State, Naomi Schiller explores how and why Catia TVe''s founders embraced alliances with Venezuelan state officials and institutions. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research among the station''s participants, Schiller shows how community television production created unique openings for Caracas''s urban poor to embrace the state as a collective process with transformative potential. Rather than an unchangeable entity built for the exercise of elite power, the state emerges in Schiller''s analysis as an uneven, variable process and a contentious terrain where institutionsTrade Review"This is a rich, timely and compelling piece of work that contributes significantly to debates about the state, press freedom, community media, class, gender and urban social movements. It will be of great value both to those interested specifically in Venezuela and those concerned with these themes in broader terms." -- Matt Wilde * ERLACS *"In this engaging book . . . Schiller is able to buttress critiques of top-down approaches to state power and state-building, showing readers how most interactions and relationships on the ground cannot be neatly categorized as either from above or from below." -- Anna Fournier * PoLAR *"Schiller’s book is a thorough description of how class and gender affect active citizenship and how these factors create constant conflict in everyday practices of meaning making." -- Virpi Salojärvi * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This text is important because it so carefully recorded the explanatory principles of Catia TVe and the impact of media technology in the hands of the community desperate to affect state process and policy. . . . This study is quite timely, considering the events that took place in Venezuela in March 2019. It will help future researchers to see whether the theory of community TV and its ethos had a long-lasting impact on the people those stations were designed to serve." -- Albert Tedesco * Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media *"This book joins a significant body of anthropological and theoretical work on the state and society in Venezuela. . . . This book is a highly useful aid to that project." -- Daniel Hellinger * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Schiller’s book boldly unthinks commonsensical categories in the liberal episteme, namely 'the state' and 'society.' Doing so casts the popular classes not as victims of Western imperialism or of Chavista hegemony, but as activated agents who debated in what kind of state would be made. It is an important entry in the emergent field of Chavismo media studies." -- Noah Zweig * International Journal of Communication *"We must read Naomi Schiller's Channeling the State, a compelling study of community media in Venezuela, with a sense of urgency.… The book offers a deep understanding of complex political and social processes occurring within social movements that established alliances with the state. What makes it so unique is the engrossing narrative that, benefiting from ethnographic detail, presents a tangible approach to difficult conceptual debates on state formation, populism, and subalternity." -- Luis Duno-Gottberg * NACLA Report on the Americas *"While Schiller considers statecraft and the role of poor people rather than the medium of media per se, I'd encourage anyone thinking about media as a channel for social justice to take up Channeling the State. I further recommend this book to anyone considering the relations between the marginalized and the state and the specifics of Venezuelan politics at a particular moment in time." -- Amanda Daniela Cortez * American Ethnologist *"A fascinating behind-the-scenes account that draws on months of ethnographic fieldwork. . . . The book’s framing of CatiaTVe as a legacy of New Latin American Cinema makes it an essential reference for researchers of film and participatory film-making." -- Rebecca Jarman * Modern Language Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. State-Media Relations and the Rise of Catia TVe 23 2. Community Media as Everyday State Formation 62 3. Class Acts 89 4. Channeling Chávez 128 5. Mediating Women 164 6. Reckoning with Press Freedom 196 Conclusion 227 Notes 241 References 251 Index 269
£98.60
Duke University Press Channeling the State
Book SynopsisVenezuela''s most prominent community television station, Catia TVe, was launched in 2000 by activists from the barrios of Caracas. Run on the principle that state resources should serve as a weapon of the poor to advance revolutionary social change, the station covered everything from Hugo Chávez’s speeches to barrio residents'' complaints about bureaucratic mismanagement. In Channeling the State, Naomi Schiller explores how and why Catia TVe''s founders embraced alliances with Venezuelan state officials and institutions. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research among the station''s participants, Schiller shows how community television production created unique openings for Caracas''s urban poor to embrace the state as a collective process with transformative potential. Rather than an unchangeable entity built for the exercise of elite power, the state emerges in Schiller''s analysis as an uneven, variable process and a contentious terrain where institutionsTrade Review"This is a rich, timely and compelling piece of work that contributes significantly to debates about the state, press freedom, community media, class, gender and urban social movements. It will be of great value both to those interested specifically in Venezuela and those concerned with these themes in broader terms." -- Matt Wilde * ERLACS *"In this engaging book . . . Schiller is able to buttress critiques of top-down approaches to state power and state-building, showing readers how most interactions and relationships on the ground cannot be neatly categorized as either from above or from below." -- Anna Fournier * PoLAR *"Schiller’s book is a thorough description of how class and gender affect active citizenship and how these factors create constant conflict in everyday practices of meaning making." -- Virpi Salojärvi * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This text is important because it so carefully recorded the explanatory principles of Catia TVe and the impact of media technology in the hands of the community desperate to affect state process and policy. . . . This study is quite timely, considering the events that took place in Venezuela in March 2019. It will help future researchers to see whether the theory of community TV and its ethos had a long-lasting impact on the people those stations were designed to serve." -- Albert Tedesco * Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media *"This book joins a significant body of anthropological and theoretical work on the state and society in Venezuela. . . . This book is a highly useful aid to that project." -- Daniel Hellinger * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Schiller’s book boldly unthinks commonsensical categories in the liberal episteme, namely 'the state' and 'society.' Doing so casts the popular classes not as victims of Western imperialism or of Chavista hegemony, but as activated agents who debated in what kind of state would be made. It is an important entry in the emergent field of Chavismo media studies." -- Noah Zweig * International Journal of Communication *"We must read Naomi Schiller's Channeling the State, a compelling study of community media in Venezuela, with a sense of urgency.… The book offers a deep understanding of complex political and social processes occurring within social movements that established alliances with the state. What makes it so unique is the engrossing narrative that, benefiting from ethnographic detail, presents a tangible approach to difficult conceptual debates on state formation, populism, and subalternity." -- Luis Duno-Gottberg * NACLA Report on the Americas *"While Schiller considers statecraft and the role of poor people rather than the medium of media per se, I'd encourage anyone thinking about media as a channel for social justice to take up Channeling the State. I further recommend this book to anyone considering the relations between the marginalized and the state and the specifics of Venezuelan politics at a particular moment in time." -- Amanda Daniela Cortez * American Ethnologist *"A fascinating behind-the-scenes account that draws on months of ethnographic fieldwork. . . . The book’s framing of CatiaTVe as a legacy of New Latin American Cinema makes it an essential reference for researchers of film and participatory film-making." -- Rebecca Jarman * Modern Language Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. State-Media Relations and the Rise of Catia TVe 23 2. Community Media as Everyday State Formation 62 3. Class Acts 89 4. Channeling Chávez 128 5. Mediating Women 164 6. Reckoning with Press Freedom 196 Conclusion 227 Notes 241 References 251 Index 269
£25.19
New York University Press Cable Guys
Book SynopsisEngaging with a variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, this title identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas.Trade Review"Amanda Lotz impressively maps out important features of television's representations of men and shifting masculinities in the 21st century. Her careful analyses of these series makes this book an essential resource for anyone interested in television, gender, and culture." -- Ron Becker,author of Gay TV & Straight America"Cable Guys is an incredible work that should further cement Lotz's place as a considerate yet comprehensive expert on media and gender studies. Her writing . . . oozes confidence, knowledge, and reflection for her themes and televised tales." * PopMatters *"Lotz (communication studies, Univ. of Michigan;Redesigning Women: Television After the Network Era) here explores how cable television is dramatizing contemporary American male masculinity. The author identifies and focuses on three narrative types: serials that emphasize the development of of a central male protagonist (e.g.,Breaking Bad; Dexter), shows set in male enclaves (e.g.,Rescue Me; Entourage), and stories featuring intimate male friendships (e.g.,Boston Legal; Nip/Tuck). Lotz argues that these dramas depict straight, largely white men wrestling with what it means to be manly in today's post-second-wave feminism and in the context of rising queer visibility. She concludes that the shows' characters all struggle to combine old and new modes of manhood . . . . Lotz offers a concise and insightful analysis of the productions she does examine. Verdict:Scholars will value Lotz's contribution to media and masculinity studies, as will more casual viewers who enjoy watching cable television with a critical eye." * Library Journal,Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook, Massachusetts Historical Soc. Lib., Boston *"Cable Guysis essential reading for students and scholars working in television studies and in the gendered politics of representation. The book is clear enough to be accessible to anundergraduate audience, while it is also sufficiently subtle and illuminating to be satisfying to more advanced students and scholars." * International Journal of Communication,Katherine Sender *"Lotz explores modern visions of masculinity following third wave feminism and epitomized in the rhetoric of male protagonists in cable programming. Mostly eschewing networks depictions of problematized males, Lotz zeroes in on straight male one-on-one friendships, what she calls the & homosocial enclave of the male group, and a genre that particularly challenges male characters, the emerging & male centered-serials." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Understanding Men on Television2. Trying to Man Up: Struggling with Contemporary Masculinities in Cable's Male-Centered Serials3. Any Men and Outlaws: The Unbearable Burden of Straight White Man4. Where Men Can Be Men: The Homosocial Enclave and Jocular Policing of Masculinity5. Dynamic Duos: Hetero Intimacy and the New Male Friendship Conclusion: Is It the End of Men as We Know Them? NotesBibliography Index About the Author
£22.79
New York University Press Streaming Video
Book SynopsisAn international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling.The rise of streaming has dramatically transformed how audiences consume media. Over the last decade, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, including Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, have begun commissioning and financing their own original movies and TV shows, changing the way and the rate at which content is produced across the globe, from Mexico City to Mumbai. Streaming Video maps this international production boom and what it means for producers, audiences, and storytellers. Through eighteen richly textured case studies, ranging from original Korean dramas on Netflix to BluTV's experimental Turkish series, the book investigates how streaming services both disrupt and maintain storytelling traditions in specific national contexts. To what extent, and how, are streamers expanding norms of television and film storytelling in different parts oTrade ReviewReveals the power of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services to commission stories that matter, and highlights Lotz and Lobato’s prowess in commissioning cutting-edge, impactful research. The chapters they have collected in this book are essential reading for anyone serious about contemporary media industries and global production cultures. * Derek Johnson, University of Wisconsin–Madison *If you really want to understand the impact of SVOD on contemporary global culture, then read this book. Streaming Video unpacks the complex interplay of the national and the global that underpins SVOD’s impact on storytelling practices. It offers a truly international perspective—with case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East chosen by leading and emerging scholars—that expands the scope and scale of contemporary studies of streaming media. * Catherine Johnson, author of Online TV *
£62.90
New York University Press Streaming Video
Book SynopsisAn international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling.The rise of streaming has dramatically transformed how audiences consume media. Over the last decade, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, including Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, have begun commissioning and financing their own original movies and TV shows, changing the way and the rate at which content is produced across the globe, from Mexico City to Mumbai. Streaming Video maps this international production boom and what it means for producers, audiences, and storytellers. Through eighteen richly textured case studies, ranging from original Korean dramas on Netflix to BluTV's experimental Turkish series, the book investigates how streaming services both disrupt and maintain storytelling traditions in specific national contexts. To what extent, and how, are streamers expanding norms of television and film storytelling in different parts oTrade ReviewReveals the power of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services to commission stories that matter, and highlights Lotz and Lobato’s prowess in commissioning cutting-edge, impactful research. The chapters they have collected in this book are essential reading for anyone serious about contemporary media industries and global production cultures. * Derek Johnson, University of Wisconsin–Madison *If you really want to understand the impact of SVOD on contemporary global culture, then read this book. Streaming Video unpacks the complex interplay of the national and the global that underpins SVOD’s impact on storytelling practices. It offers a truly international perspective—with case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East chosen by leading and emerging scholars—that expands the scope and scale of contemporary studies of streaming media. * Catherine Johnson, author of Online TV *
£22.79
New York University Press America As Seen on TV
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Latino Book Awards, Best Academic Themed BookThe surprising effects of American TV on global viewers As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender in ways that many find unfair and unrealistic. What happens, then, when people who grew up on American television decide to come to the United States? What do they expect to find, and what do they actually find? In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodriguez surveys international college students and foreign nationals working or living in the US to examine the impact of American television on their views of the US and on their expectations of life in the United States. She finds that many were surprised to learn that America is racially and economically diverse, and that it is not the easy-breezy, happy endings culture portrayed in the mTrade Review"This insightful book delves into the influence that watching US TV shows has on the viewers preconceptions and perceptions about race, class, and gender, and to what extent they are aware of this influence[A] timely and important contribution in understanding the global dominance of US TV." * Choice *"It may be useful for undergraduate courses in research methodology, particularly for the open and honest introduction that explains Rodriguezs reason for conducting the study in the first place. Rodriguezs expertise as a sociologist comes through here and she is systematic in approach and easy and enjoyable to read in analysis." * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This is an interesting and important book, as it provides sorely lacking data on not only viewer impressions of television (rather than the content analyses more common in media studies) but also on those of two populations of viewers; it also provides insight into how foreigners see the United States. This book would be very useful in an introduction to sociology class, as well as classes related to globalization or media studies. It is accessible for an undergraduate or even high school audience." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, the book presents interesting empirical findings ... It would most certainly be of interest to academics interested in audience research and the role of American TV." -- European Journal of Communication"Clara Rodríguez has produced an incisive and provocative study. Through intensive interviews and a thoughtful examination of scholarly literature on the media, she has provided a revealing examination of American televisions influence on global perceptions of the life and values of the United States.This is a landmark study of televisions role in shaping popular views of our nation, particularly its racial, ethnic, class, and gender diversity." -- Carlos E. Cortés, author of The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity"This engaging book provides a nuanced probing of the vast and complex literature on the & soft power of television here and abroad to examine how TV shapes the views of foreign born and U.S. millennials about representations of class, race, ethnicity, and gender in America. Through grounded analysis, the findings reveal not only the influence of viewers social and cultural backgrounds on their reception of American television programs, they also transform our understanding of the cultural embeddedness of the global television industry." -- Denise Bielby, author of Global TV: Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market"This book has valuable insights for those studying American soft power but offers even more to students and scholars interested in the impact of the representation of minority groups on television, as Rodríguez emphasizes questions of race, class and gender diversity in American television. Unlike previous studies which have mainly focused on international audiences viewing in their home countries, Rodríguez focuses on how depictions of American life on television can impact immigrants’ perceptions and expectations of America before and after arrival." * Critical Studies in Television *
£22.79
New York University Press America As Seen on TV
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Latino Book Awards, Best Academic Themed BookThe surprising effects of American TV on global viewers As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender in ways that many find unfair and unrealistic. What happens, then, when people who grew up on American television decide to come to the United States? What do they expect to find, and what do they actually find? In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodríguez surveys international college students and foreign nationals working or living in the US to examine the impact of American television on their views of the US and on their expectations of life in the United States. She finds that many were surprised to learn that America is racially and economically diverse, and that it is not the easy-breezy, happy endings culture portrayed in the mTrade Review"This insightful book delves into the influence that watching US TV shows has on the viewers preconceptions and perceptions about race, class, and gender, and to what extent they are aware of this influence[A] timely and important contribution in understanding the global dominance of US TV." * Choice *"It may be useful for undergraduate courses in research methodology, particularly for the open and honest introduction that explains Rodriguezs reason for conducting the study in the first place. Rodriguezs expertise as a sociologist comes through here and she is systematic in approach and easy and enjoyable to read in analysis." * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This is an interesting and important book, as it provides sorely lacking data on not only viewer impressions of television (rather than the content analyses more common in media studies) but also on those of two populations of viewers; it also provides insight into how foreigners see the United States. This book would be very useful in an introduction to sociology class, as well as classes related to globalization or media studies. It is accessible for an undergraduate or even high school audience." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, the book presents interesting empirical findings ... It would most certainly be of interest to academics interested in audience research and the role of American TV." -- European Journal of Communication"Clara Rodríguez has produced an incisive and provocative study. Through intensive interviews and a thoughtful examination of scholarly literature on the media, she has provided a revealing examination of American televisions influence on global perceptions of the life and values of the United States.This is a landmark study of televisions role in shaping popular views of our nation, particularly its racial, ethnic, class, and gender diversity." -- Carlos E. Cortés, author of The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity"This engaging book provides a nuanced probing of the vast and complex literature on the & soft power of television here and abroad to examine how TV shapes the views of foreign born and U.S. millennials about representations of class, race, ethnicity, and gender in America. Through grounded analysis, the findings reveal not only the influence of viewers social and cultural backgrounds on their reception of American television programs, they also transform our understanding of the cultural embeddedness of the global television industry." -- Denise Bielby, author of Global TV: Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market"This book has valuable insights for those studying American soft power but offers even more to students and scholars interested in the impact of the representation of minority groups on television, as Rodríguez emphasizes questions of race, class and gender diversity in American television. Unlike previous studies which have mainly focused on international audiences viewing in their home countries, Rodríguez focuses on how depictions of American life on television can impact immigrants’ perceptions and expectations of America before and after arrival." * Critical Studies in Television *
£66.60
New York University Press The Colorblind Screen
Book SynopsisThe election of President Barack Obama signaled for many the realization of a post-racial America, a nation in which racism was no longer a defining social, cultural, and political issue. This title helps you examine television's role as the major discursive medium in the articulation and contestation of racialized identities in the United States.Trade Review"Collectively the essays document the dominance of colorblind ideology, which, the volume argues, has been enabling the continuation of 'racial apathy.' This volume contributes to postracial discourse and is also a valuable resource for those interested in media criticism." * Choice *"Overall, The Colorblind Screen is a timely anthology that joins a smallbut, I hope, growingnumber of works that address colorblind and post-race discourses in media. This collection demonstrates the continued need to consider the central role television plays in the articulation, construction, and contestation of contemporary racial politics . . . . This collection is essential for anyone interested in exploring current racial politics and representations of racial difference in media." * International Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsIntroduction Sarah Nilsen and Sarah E. TurnerPart I: Theories of Colorblindness1. Shades of ColorblindnessAshley ("Woody") Doane 2. Rhyme and ReasonRoopali Mukherjee3. The End of Racism? Colorblind Racism and Popular Media Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Austin AshePart II: Icons of Post-Racial America4. Oprah Winfrey5. The Race Denial CardDavid J. Leonard and Bruce Lee Hazelwood 6. Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 Television DramasEvelyn Alsultany7. Maybe Brown People Aren't So Scary If They're Funny ComediesDina IbrahimPart III: Reinscribing Whiteness8. "Some People Just Hide in Plain Sight"Sarah Nilsen9. Watching TV with White SupremacistsC. Richard King10. BBFFsPart IV: Post-Racial Relationships11. Matchmakers and Cultural CompatibilityShilpa Dave12. Mainstreaming Latina IdentityPhilip A. Kretsedemas13. Race in Progress, No Passing ZoneJinny Huh About the Contributors Index
£24.99
New York University Press How to Watch Television Second Edition
Book SynopsisA new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the presentWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it good or bad. Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program's cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context.How to Watch Television, Second Edition brings together forty original essaysmore than half of which are new to this editionfrom today's leading scholars on television culture, who write about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a single television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. From fashioning blackness in Empire to representation in Orange is the New Black and from the role of the reboot in Gilmore Girls Trade ReviewThere's quite simply no book out there that can match this in scope and quality. The contributors are a 'Who's Who' of contemporary television studies, and the prose is engaging and highly readable. If you're looking for models of how to think about television from a range of perspectives, you need look no further. -- Greg M. Smith, author of Beautiful TV: The Art and Argument of Ally McBealAsk anyone in Hollywood and they'll tell you the movies are dead. TV is where its at, and this book will show you why. Thompson and Mittell offer an essential guide to television today, featuring the most insightful critics writing about the most creative and engaging shows. Whether student, fan, or TV professional, it belongs on your bookshelf. -- Michael Curtin, co-author of The American Television IndustryThis book, unlike the manual that comes with your TV set, is utterly readable, highly engaging, and worth referring back to, long after you've switched on your favorite channel. . . . Regardless of which essay one chooses to tune in to, How to Watch Television is an accessible and impressive group of essays by a powerhouse cast of television scholars. -- Journal of American CultureThere's not a single dull page in this book. -- Jose Solis, PopmattersWhat happens when you give 40 smart television scholars ten pages each to write about a television show that interests them? You get a delightful book that is sure to become a favorite of television scholars and students alike. Thompson and Mittell have brought together authors who provide thoughtful criticism in an engaging style and cover just about every genre, historical period, and lens of analysis. Each essay's combination of brevity and detailed analysis makes the book likely to work well as both a course reader for undergraduates in television studies and a reference resource for those wanting to dive into research on individual shows. Though every essay adds something valuable to the collection, essays on Mad Men, Glee, M*A*S*H, I Love Lucy, Modern Family, NYPD Blue, The Twilight Zone, and The Walking Dead are worth the price of this fun, informative, and useful book, even for seasoned television scholars.Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- S. Pepper, ChoiceWith their urging in the introduction about how the essays serve as models for writing your own criticism, the editors seem to be addressing media studies students. But because of its well-commissioned and well-balanced tone and diversity/specificity of texts, it is just as instructive for a wide range of burgeoning or established TV scholars as well as inquisitive fans of the various programs. The collection manages to be potentially enjoyable and useful to scholars and TV fans alike. -- Kathleen Collins, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly[I]t is a damn good collection, featuring 40 different contributions from American scholars, plus Matt Hills from Aberystwyth and Roberta Pearson from Nottingham. Their contributions are organised under five main themes: Aesthetics and Style;TV Representations: Social Identity and Cultural Politics;TV Politics: Democracy, Nation, and the Public Interest;TV Industry: Industrial Practices and Structures; and TV Practices: Medium, Technology, and Everyday Life. As with television schedules, it is easy to flick and pick and read. Indeed, the editors in their Introduction actively encourage & readers to go straight to a particular program or approach that interests them. -- Geoff Lealand, CST OnlineThis second edition ensures that this title will remain a staple of television studies courses, and the accessible style welcomes students and general readers to explore these essays and see their favorite television shows in new ways. * CHOICE *
£23.74
University of Toronto Press VIVA MAC
Book SynopsisThis is the first cultural history of MAC Cosmetics and charts the originally Canadian company's philanthropy around HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising during the revitalization of the Toronto fashion industry, the rise of the AIDS epidemic in North America, and the commodification of social causes during the 1980s and 1990s.Trade Review"The book makes important contributions to urban history, the history of queer life, the history of corporate social responsibility, Canadian business history and the history of beauty and fashion." -- Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph * Canadian Business History Association *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Rise Up Introduction: The Rules of Make-up Art Cosmetics Part I: Spaces of Original Possibilities 1 The Kitchen Sink 2 Fashion Capital 3 Caring Is Never Out of Fashion Part II: Creative Activism 4 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 5 Selling Out 6 Dragging Theory into Practice Epilogue: The Brightest Jewel in Our Crown Notes Bibliography Index
£50.15
University of Toronto Press Words Have a Past
Book SynopsisWords Have a Past traces settler colonial narratives represented in newspapers produced in late nineteenth-century Indian boarding schools.Trade Review"Griffith has produced a nuanced exploration of the tensions and contradictions that not only marked the past in the form of the Residential School system, but has always existed and continues to exist in a web of related assumptions." -- Anne Lindsay * Prairie History *"[Words Have a Past] is a marvelous exploration of the language of colonialism, how the English language was cast as an innocent neutral force, and how this continues to be reflected in contemporary Canada. The book is easily accessible for all readers, well researched, and documented. It is simply a must-read that will aid in developing a deeper understanding of language, and colonialism roots and their ongoing impact in the present." -- Karl Hele, Mount Allison University * Anishinabek News *"Words Have a Past is an important contribution to the ongoing conversation on the assimilation policies of the Indigenous boarding school systems in North America, and importantly, Griffith’s message of settler responsibility and restitution for Indigenous linguicide and land loss is essential for all settlers to hear." -- Carling Beninger, University of Alberta * Canadian Journal of History *"Words Have a Past marks an important step in the study of residential school history by drawing our attention to newspapers as important historical sources, and the printing trade as an influential part of some students’ experiences. Further, in anchoring the book within critical Indigenous and Settler Colonial studies, Griffith provides a direction for scholarship on residential schooling that challenges approaches that situate the system wholly in the past; as a result of her conclusions, Griffith explicitly calls for justice and restitution—especially as it relates to language reclamation—for survivors and their communities. This is an essential read for those studying the residential school system, settler colonialism, history of media, and Canadian history." -- Natalie Cross and Thomas Peace, Huron University College * Journal of British Studies *"In this well researched and highly readable book, Jane Griffith analyzes six newspapers published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century by five Indian boarding schools." -- Shurli Makmillen, Claflin University * Discourse and Writing *Table of Contents1. Bury the Lede: Introduction 2. Printer’s Devil: The Trade of Newspapers 3. Indigenous Languages Did Not Disappear: English Language Instruction 4. "Getting Indian Words": Representations of Indigenous Languages 5. Ahead by a Century: Time on Paper 6. Anachronism: Reading the Nineteenth Century Today 7. Layout: Space, Place, and Land 8. Concluding Thoughts
£41.65
University of Toronto Press Superfluous Women
Book SynopsisUsing firsthand interviews, archival documents, and visual analysis, Superfluous Women explores the intersections between art, protest, and feminism in today's Ukraine.Trade Review"Superfluous Women is clearly a labor of empathy and solidarity with Ukrainians, and the inter-revolutionary generation in particular. As a path-blazing study on the topic, it should be valued as the result of a decade’s worth of intellectual production, which included numerous research trips and prolonged periods of work in the region, amassing an archive, as well as the work of cultural diplomacy, translating and representing Ukrainian artists and activists in the West." -- Sasha Razor * H-SHERA *"[Zychowicz] introduces several important art projects and movements that are indicative of a unique time in Ukraine’s post-independence history. The author’s connection with the artists through interviews enhances the images and descriptions of works of art, manifestos, and political responses—including repressions of artists—that make up much of the book’s content." -- Emily Channell-Justive, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute * H-Ukraine, H-Net Reviews *"Jessica Zychowicz’s Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Ukraine is a groundbreaking study of feminist protest and how it is mediated in contemporary Ukraine. Examining the decade between 2004’s Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity (2013–14), Zychowicz traverses a dazzling array of media, objects, and methods to reveal the vibrant histories of feminist collectives in Ukraine—from the infamous Femen and its media strategies to Ofenzywa’s engagement with photography to the work of the curatorial collectives HudRada and REP. Zychowicz herself is present throughout, as an interlocutor, archivist, and guide whose bracing prose will make this study an invaluable resource for readers in Slavic studies, feminist studies, and visual and media studies alike." -- MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures Committee"[Zychowicz] seeks to examine the way feminism, as a concept and a set of practices, has shaped and continues to shape the political and cultural landscape of Ukraine … it will reach a welcome audience among scholars of feminism, art activism, contemporary art, cultural studies, and Slavic studies." -- Mayhill C. Fowler * The Russian Review *"Drawing attention to the protest spirit evident in Ukrainian society since the early 2000s as the consequence of the rejection of its bigger neighbor’s imperial ideology and aggression, the book reveals the artistic antecedents of Ukraine’s resistance against the Russian invasion in 2022." -- Halyna Kohut * Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte *"This book introduces many important urban struggles going on in Ukrainian art and activism to an anglophone audience." -- Vira Sachenko, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen * KULT_online *"Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Ukraine is a significant study of the direct links between political context, protest actions, and art practices in this century … Zychowicz does not hesitate to introduce the reader to the complexities and ambiguities of the struggles for rights." -- Irina Genova * Aspasia *"Superfluous Women offers a valuable new contribution to the scarce English-language bibliography on contemporary Ukrainian art activism. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has sparked worldwide interest in Ukrainian history and culture, Zychowicz’s book gains an even more important role." -- Halyna Kohut, Ivan Franko National University * Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte *"Superfluous Women is remarkable for its blend of erudite theory, close analysis of visual culture, and personal experience. The author’s first-hand engagement with the people and events she discusses facilitates a unique and well-balanced insight that any scholar of contemporary Slavonic studies should welcome." -- Kathleen Mitchell-Fox, Princeton University * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Translation and Transliteration of Terms Introduction 1. Performing Protest: Sexual Dissent Reinvented 2. An Anatomy of Activism: Virtual Body Rhetoric in Digital Protest Texts 3. The Image Is the Frame: Photography and the Feminist Collective Ofenzywa 4. Museum of Congresses: Biopolitics and the Self in Kyiv’s HudRada and R.E.P. Visual Art Collectives 5. Bad Myth: Picturing Intergenerational Experiences of Revolution and War Conclusion Bibliography
£51.85
University of Toronto Press Making Pictorial Print
Book SynopsisApplying media theory to late-Victorian print, Making Pictorial Print shows how popular illustrated magazines developed a new design interface that encouraged dynamic engagement and media literacy in the British public.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A History of Victorian Print Media Literacy and the Technological Imagination 1. The Illustrated London News, Popular Illustrated Journalism, and the New Media Landscape, 1885–1907 2. Imagining Consumer Culture: Reading Advertisements in the Illustrated London News and the Graphic, 1885–1902 3. Imagining Political Subjectivity: Reading Data Visualizations in Pearson’s Magazine, 1896–1902 4. Imagining Print Production: Making Scrapbook Media, c.1830–1918 5. Imagining New Media Platforms: Taking Snapshots for the Strand, 1896–1918 Conclusion: Victorian Media Literacies and the Genealogy of the Present
£49.30
University of Toronto Press VIVA MAC
Book SynopsisThis is the first cultural history of MAC Cosmetics and charts the originally Canadian company's philanthropy around HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising during the revitalization of the Toronto fashion industry, the rise of the AIDS epidemic in North America, and the commodification of social causes during the 1980s and 1990s.Trade Review"The book makes important contributions to urban history, the history of queer life, the history of corporate social responsibility, Canadian business history and the history of beauty and fashion." -- Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph * Canadian Business History Association *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Rise Up Introduction: The Rules of Make-up Art Cosmetics Part I: Spaces of Original Possibilities 1 The Kitchen Sink 2 Fashion Capital 3 Caring Is Never Out of Fashion Part II: Creative Activism 4 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 5 Selling Out 6 Dragging Theory into Practice Epilogue: The Brightest Jewel in Our Crown Notes Bibliography Index
£22.49
University of Toronto Press The NearDeath of the Author
Book SynopsisThe Near-Death of the Author describes the plight of contemporary authors in the internet ageTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “Heroes with Names”: What Is the Author? 2. “I Don’t Own It”: Contemporary Complications 3. Who Is the Author / Who Are the Authors? 4. A Brief History of the Author 5. The Alleged Death of the Author: Post-structuralism and Postmodernism 6. The Author and Technology: Downloading vs. Copyright 7. Big Data Writing: Author as Algorithm 8. AI vs. the Author 9. “Creative ReUse”: Post-authorship in Internet Culture Notes Bibliography Index
£47.60
University of Toronto Press The NearDeath of the Author
Book SynopsisThe Near-Death of the Author describes the plight of contemporary authors in the internet ageTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “Heroes with Names”: What Is the Author? 2. “I Don’t Own It”: Contemporary Complications 3. Who Is the Author / Who Are the Authors? 4. A Brief History of the Author 5. The Alleged Death of the Author: Post-structuralism and Postmodernism 6. The Author and Technology: Downloading vs. Copyright 7. Big Data Writing: Author as Algorithm 8. AI vs. the Author 9. “Creative ReUse”: Post-authorship in Internet Culture Notes Bibliography Index
£19.79
University of Toronto Press Public Influence
Book SynopsisHow can twenty-first-century scholars and other experts engage with wider audiences beyond their peers? In Public Influence, Mira Sucharov walks readers through the ins and outs of op-ed writing and social media engagement. Enlivened with discussions of an array of hot-button issues and sharp analysis of the delicate dynamics of social media, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to harness the opportunities of public engagement in this vital digital age.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Saying What You Want to the Right Audience 3. Developing Ideas and Pitching an Op-Ed 4. Writing an Effective Op-Ed and Managing the Ensuing Conversation 5. Finding the Right Platform: Op-Eds, Blogs, Social Media, Podcasts, and Other Outlets 6. Striking an Effective Online Voice 7. Avoiding the Echo Chamber and Communicating Your Ideas to an Evidence-Resistant Audience 8. What You Need to Know about Political Labels 9. Sharpening Your Public Engagement 10. Dealing with Social Media Blowback 11. Navigating Personal Relationships through Political Debate 12. Conclusion Appendix: How to Assign Op-Eds in a Research-Oriented Course (with Practice Exercises)
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Public Influence
Book SynopsisIn Public Influence, political scientist Mira Sucharov walks readers through the ins and outs of op-ed writing and social media engagement.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Saying What You Want to the Right Audience 3. Developing Ideas and Pitching an Op-Ed 4. Writing an Effective Op-Ed and Managing the Ensuing Conversation 5. Finding the Right Platform: Op-Eds, Blogs, Social Media, Podcasts, and Other Outlets 6. Striking an Effective Online Voice 7. Avoiding the Echo Chamber and Communicating Your Ideas to an Evidence-Resistant Audience 8. What You Need to Know about Political Labels 9. Sharpening Your Public Engagement 10. Dealing with Social Media Blowback 11. Navigating Personal Relationships through Political Debate 12. Conclusion Appendix: How to Assign Op-Eds in a Research-Oriented Course (with Practice Exercises)
£41.65
University of Toronto Press Digital Politics in Canada
Book SynopsisThe increased use of digital politics by citizens, groups, and governments over the last 25 years carried the promise of transforming the way politics and government was practiced. This book looks at Canadian political practice and the reality of the political process against those early promises.Trade Review"The pioneering research and insights in this book provide critical tools to understand and inform our response to digital politics. Such research enhances our capacity to unleash the potential for enhanced democratic participation and to comprehend and curtail practices that imperil it." -- Lori Williams, Mount Royal University * Alberta Views *Table of ContentsPreface: The Politics of Disruption David Taras Introduction: Twenty Years of Digital Politics in Canada Tamara A. Small and Harold J. Jansen Section I: Political Institutions 1. Digital Representation: The Normalization of Social Media into Political Offices Alex Marland and Stephen Power 2. Digital Government and Democratic Trust: From Online Service to Outward Engagement Jeffrey Roy 3. Open Government: Was It Just a Moment? Justin Longo 4. Internet Voting: Strengthening Canadian Democracy or Weakening It? Nicole Goodman and Chelsea Gabel 5. Electronic Surveillance: The Growth of Digitally-Enabled Surveillance and Atrophy of Accountability in Law Enforcement and Security Agencies Christopher Parsons 6. Political Parties: Political Communication in the Digital Age Tamara A. Small and Thierry Giasson 7. Digital Journalism: The Canadian Media’s Struggle for Relevance Christopher Waddell Section II: Political Digital Citizenship 8. Democratic Citizenship: How Do Canadians Engage with Politics Online? Harold J. Jansen, Royce Koop, Tamara A. Small, Frederic Bastien, and Thierry Giasson 9. Young People: Politics and Digital Technologies Allison Harell, Dietlind Stolle, Philippe Duguay, and Valérie-Anne Mahéo 10. Online Mobilization: Tweeting Truth to Power in An Era of Revised Patterns of Mobilization 2.0 in Canada Mireille Lalancette and Vincent Raynauld 11. Digital Indigenous Politics: “there’s more than one political show in town” Derek Antoine 12. Digital Feminism: Networks of Resistance, Neoliberalism, and New Contexts for Activism in Canada Samantha C. Thrift
£32.40
University of Toronto Press Digital Politics in Canada
Book SynopsisThe increased use of digital politics by citizens, groups, and governments over the last 25 years carried the promise of transforming the way politics and government was practiced. This book looks at Canadian political practice and the reality of the political process against those early promises.Trade Review"The pioneering research and insights in this book provide critical tools to understand and inform our response to digital politics. Such research enhances our capacity to unleash the potential for enhanced democratic participation and to comprehend and curtail practices that imperil it." -- Lori Williams, Mount Royal University * Alberta Views *Table of ContentsPreface: The Politics of Disruption David Taras Introduction: Twenty Years of Digital Politics in Canada Tamara A. Small and Harold J. Jansen Section I: Political Institutions 1. Digital Representation: The Normalization of Social Media into Political Offices Alex Marland and Stephen Power 2. Digital Government and Democratic Trust: From Online Service to Outward Engagement Jeffrey Roy 3. Open Government: Was It Just a Moment? Justin Longo 4. Internet Voting: Strengthening Canadian Democracy or Weakening It? Nicole Goodman and Chelsea Gabel 5. Electronic Surveillance: The Growth of Digitally-Enabled Surveillance and Atrophy of Accountability in Law Enforcement and Security Agencies Christopher Parsons 6. Political Parties: Political Communication in the Digital Age Tamara A. Small and Thierry Giasson 7. Digital Journalism: The Canadian Media’s Struggle for Relevance Christopher Waddell Section II: Political Digital Citizenship 8. Democratic Citizenship: How Do Canadians Engage with Politics Online? Harold J. Jansen, Royce Koop, Tamara A. Small, Frederic Bastien, and Thierry Giasson 9. Young People: Politics and Digital Technologies Allison Harell, Dietlind Stolle, Philippe Duguay, and Valérie-Anne Mahéo 10. Online Mobilization: Tweeting Truth to Power in An Era of Revised Patterns of Mobilization 2.0 in Canada Mireille Lalancette and Vincent Raynauld 11. Digital Indigenous Politics: “there’s more than one political show in town” Derek Antoine 12. Digital Feminism: Networks of Resistance, Neoliberalism, and New Contexts for Activism in Canada Samantha C. Thrift
£73.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Television Studies
Book SynopsisTelevision Studies provides an overview of the origins, central ideas, and intellectual traditions of this exciting field. What have been the primary areas of inquiry in television studies? Why and how did these areas develop? How have scholars studied them? How are they developing? What have been the discipline’s key works? This book answers these questions by tracing the history of television studies right up to the digital present, surveying emerging scholarship, and addressing new questions about the field’s relationship with the digital. The second edition includes an examination of how internet-distributed services such as Netflix have adjusted the stories, industrial practices, and audience experience of television. For all those wondering how to study television, or even why to study television, this new edition of Television Studies will provide a clear and engaging overview of key topics. The book works as a stand-alone introduction and, by placing key works in a broader context, can also provide an excellent basis for an entire course.Trade Review“Having written a landmark guide to television studies, Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz – two of the discipline’s most prominent practitioners – have updated their vivid intellectual history to account for key transformations in television and its scholarship over the past decade. An essential book.” Jason Mittell, Middlebury College “No one is better placed to offer an up-to-date introduction to television and a compelling intellectual history of the field than Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz, two of the most engaging television scholars of their generation. A must-read for students and scholars alike.” Catherine Johnson, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Still Television Studies? Chapter 1: Programs Chapter 2: Audiences Chapter 3: Industries Chapter 4: Contexts Conclusion Notes Bibliography
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Television Studies
Book SynopsisTelevision Studies provides an overview of the origins, central ideas, and intellectual traditions of this exciting field. What have been the primary areas of inquiry in television studies? Why and how did these areas develop? How have scholars studied them? How are they developing? What have been the discipline’s key works? This book answers these questions by tracing the history of television studies right up to the digital present, surveying emerging scholarship, and addressing new questions about the field’s relationship with the digital. The second edition includes an examination of how internet-distributed services such as Netflix have adjusted the stories, industrial practices, and audience experience of television. For all those wondering how to study television, or even why to study television, this new edition of Television Studies will provide a clear and engaging overview of key topics. The book works as a stand-alone introduction and, by placing key works in a broader context, can also provide an excellent basis for an entire course.Trade Review“Having written a landmark guide to television studies, Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz – two of the discipline’s most prominent practitioners – have updated their vivid intellectual history to account for key transformations in television and its scholarship over the past decade. An essential book.” Jason Mittell, Middlebury College “No one is better placed to offer an up-to-date introduction to television and a compelling intellectual history of the field than Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz, two of the most engaging television scholars of their generation. A must-read for students and scholars alike.” Catherine Johnson, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Still Television Studies? Chapter 1: Programs Chapter 2: Audiences Chapter 3: Industries Chapter 4: Contexts Conclusion Notes Bibliography
£16.14
John Wiley and Sons Ltd MeToo: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of widespread misconduct—in workplaces from doctors’ offices to factory floors—precipitate firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are produced and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbols of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture fuels controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; and investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates the media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place, and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. This timely and stimulating book will be of interest to students and scholars of media, communication, gender studies, and sociology, as well as to anyone concerned by the current state of sexual politics.Trade Review“An accessible and thorough interrogation of the media, rape culture, and MeToo. The book does a fantastic job of detailing rape culture (as it is conceived by many feminist theorists and activists) as well as outlining, in a really impressive way, the complexity of the MeToo movement.”Catherine Rottenberg, University of Nottingham “Laying out with great clarity what needs to be done to remove rape culture and its residue from the media, this insightful, thoughtful, and generative volume demonstrates why this eradication is a social justice issue that should matter to all.”Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania “Durham moves our understanding of rape culture into the twenty-first century with this compelling examination of the MeToo movement. The book will provoke discussions across disciplines and audiences.”Carolyn Byerly, Chair of Communication, Culture, and Media Studies, Howard University“This book reminds us that speaking out is powerful, and that whether we are survivors, advocates, journalists, or bystanders, we can all be silence breakers.”International Journal of Communication“Durham has deftly combined the rape myths with the critique of the Metoo movement from a historical feminist standpoint, which only makes the book more accessible to the readers.”Media Practice and Education“Gender and media scholar Meenakshi Gigi Durham has delivered a clearly written and confronting, yet engaging, text where she uses the media as a framework through which to discuss and analyse the international #MeToo movement.”Australian Journalism Review“It’s a timely and challenging book that offers a unique insight into the role and power of the media as well as the state of contemporary gender relations.”Seattle Book ReviewTable of ContentsTable of contents:Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Rapacity Monsters, Inc. Danger Zones Of Presidents And Pussy-Grabs Chapter 2: Representation E-race-ures The Naked And The Damned Reporting And Rape Culture Chapter 3: Resistance Reckonings Redress Coda: Reformulating Desire And Consent Notes References Index
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd MeToo: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of widespread misconduct—in workplaces from doctors’ offices to factory floors—precipitate firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are produced and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbols of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture fuels controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; and investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates the media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place, and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. This timely and stimulating book will be of interest to students and scholars of media, communication, gender studies, and sociology, as well as to anyone concerned by the current state of sexual politics.Trade Review“An accessible and thorough interrogation of the media, rape culture, and MeToo. The book does a fantastic job of detailing rape culture (as it is conceived by many feminist theorists and activists) as well as outlining, in a really impressive way, the complexity of the MeToo movement.”Catherine Rottenberg, University of Nottingham “Laying out with great clarity what needs to be done to remove rape culture and its residue from the media, this insightful, thoughtful, and generative volume demonstrates why this eradication is a social justice issue that should matter to all.”Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania “Durham moves our understanding of rape culture into the twenty-first century with this compelling examination of the MeToo movement. The book will provoke discussions across disciplines and audiences.”Carolyn Byerly, Chair of Communication, Culture, and Media Studies, Howard University“This book reminds us that speaking out is powerful, and that whether we are survivors, advocates, journalists, or bystanders, we can all be silence breakers.”International Journal of Communication“Durham has deftly combined the rape myths with the critique of the Metoo movement from a historical feminist standpoint, which only makes the book more accessible to the readers.”Media Practice and Education“Gender and media scholar Meenakshi Gigi Durham has delivered a clearly written and confronting, yet engaging, text where she uses the media as a framework through which to discuss and analyse the international #MeToo movement.”Australian Journalism Review“It’s a timely and challenging book that offers a unique insight into the role and power of the media as well as the state of contemporary gender relations.” Seattle Book ReviewTable of ContentsTable of contents:Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Rapacity Monsters, Inc. Danger Zones Of Presidents And Pussy-Grabs Chapter 2: Representation E-race-ures The Naked And The Damned Reporting And Rape Culture Chapter 3: Resistance Reckonings Redress Coda: Reformulating Desire And Consent Notes References Index
£15.19
