{"product_id":"figures-of-time-9781478003731","title":"Figures of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMany contemporary television series from \u003ci\u003eModern Family\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Away with Murder\u003c\/i\u003e open an episode or season with a conflict and then go back in time to show how that conflict came to be. In \u003ci\u003eFigures of Time\u003c\/i\u003e Toni Pape examines these narratives, showing how these leaps in time create aesthetic experiences of time that attune their audiences to the political doctrine of preemption—a logic that justifies preemptive action to nullify a perceived future threat. Examining questions of temporality in \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, the political ramifications of living under the auspices of a catastrophic future in \u003ci\u003eFlashForward\u003c\/i\u003e, and how \u003ci\u003eDamages\u003c\/i\u003e disrupts the logic of preemption, Pape shows how television helps shift political culture away from a model of rational deliberation and representation toward a politics of preemption and conformity. Exposing the mechanisms through which television supports a fear-based politics, Pape contends, will allow for the re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graduate students, scholars, and professions interested in media, time, and politics might find this book useful to help better understand the use of time in storytelling and its effects on politics and relatability.\" -- Morgan Danker * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Preemptive Narratives and Televisual Futures  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Serial Machine: Toward Figures of Time  38\u003cbr\u003e 2. Three Representations and a Figural: Bergsonian Variations on Metric Time, the Virtual, and Creative Becoming  73\u003cbr\u003e 3. Loop into Line: The Moral Command of Preemption  109\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eDamages\u003c\/i\u003e as Procedural Television  142\u003cbr\u003e Afterword. Anarchival Television  176\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  183\u003cbr\u003e Notes  185\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited  203\u003cbr\u003e Index  215\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408974389591,"sku":"9781478003731","price":90.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478003731.jpg?v=1730504928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/figures-of-time-9781478003731","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}