{"product_id":"tv-socialism-9780822360995","title":"TV Socialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... [Imre] has composed an engaging and path-breaking study offering further insight into the multiplicity of phenomena long obscured behind the notion of totalitarianism.\" -- David Sockol * H-Socialisms, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Anikó Imre has written a field-transforming book, with implications that reach far beyond television studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Christine E. Evans * European Journal of Cultural Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"...\u003ci\u003eTV Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e has as much to offer scholars of post-socialism as scholars of state socialism itself. Imre’s insightful analyses of often-trivialized popular television genres offer novel perspectives on key themes in post-socialist media studies such as nostalgia and nationalism.\" -- Catherine Baker * Feminist Media Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Pathbreaking and powerfully informative.\" -- Olga Mesropova * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTV Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a very fine and well written piece of research, definitely worth a read for everyone attracted by Eastern European popular culture. It offers a wonderful and always entertaining journey into the realm of socialist television, and by doing so, a journey into an audio-visual world of the past. It is a must read for anyone who is doing research in the field of television history, socialist history, not to forget those intrigued by insights into everyday socialist life.\" -- Stefan Zimmermann * Europe Now *\u003cbr\u003e\"A long overdue transnational inquiry of the multiple continuities of television and socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. . . . Imre masterfully delineates contemporary Eastern European anxieties about nationalism, economy, memory, and historiography since the fall of the Iron Curtain.\" -- Sebastian Heiduschke * German Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e“The main strength of \u003ci\u003eTV Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e lies in the analysis of programs themselves; it is here that Imre develops some of her most original and intriguing arguments, which will no doubt continue to shape debates on socialist television and its place in global television history for some time to come.” -- Sabina Mihelj * Journalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Why Do We Need to Talk about Socialism and TV?  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Genres of Realism and Reality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Socialist Realism to Emotional Realism  27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tele-education  40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Crime Appeal  66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Great Socialist Game (Show)  83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Postsocialist Ethno-Racial Reality TV  108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Genres of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Historical Adventure Drama  133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Postsocialist Nostalgia and European Historical Drama  155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Commercials as Time-Space Machines  173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Genres of Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Women and TV  187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Socialist Soaps  199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Genres of Humor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Socialist Comedy  227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. (Post)socialist Political Satire  242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Afterword. Afterward  257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  311","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406094541143,"sku":"9780822360995","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822360995.jpg?v=1730494506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tv-socialism-9780822360995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}