Research Catalog

Title

Thinking outside the box : a contemporary television genre reader / edited by Gary R. Edgerton and Brian G. Rose.

Publication

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Edgerton, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1952-
• Rose, Brian Geoffrey.

Description

vi, 368 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Television programs
• Television program genres

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Reflections on TV : the most popular art / Horace Newcomb -- A cultural approach to television genre theory / Jason Mittell -- Television networks and the uses of drama / Christopher Anderson -- The changing face of children's television / Norma Pecora -- Five decades and three hundred sitcoms about class and gender / Richard Butsch -- Soap opera survival tactics / Ellen Seiter and Mary Jeanne Wilson -- Beyond genre : cable's impact on the talk show / Jeffrey P. Jones -- The changing definition of reality television / Ron Simon -- Unreal TV / Rhonda Wilcox -- HBO's approach to generic transformation / Al Auster -- I want my niche TV : genre as a networking strategy in the digital era / Gary R. Edgerton and Kyle Nicholas -- Globalization and the generic transformation of telenovelas / Timothy Havens -- From Kung Fu to imperial court : Chinese historical drama / Michael Curtin -- Innovation, imitation, and hybridity in Indian television / Shanti Kumar.

Call Number

JBE 06-958

ISBN

0813123658 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005028377
• 9780813123653

OCLC

61758598

Title

Thinking outside the box : a contemporary television genre reader / edited by Gary R. Edgerton and Brian G. Rose.

Imprint

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Edgerton, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1952-

Rose, Brian Geoffrey.

Other Standard Identifier

9780813123653

Research Call Number

JBE 06-958