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Televising history : mediating the past in postwar Europe
- Title
- Televising history : mediating the past in postwar Europe / edited by Erin Bell and Ann Gray.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xii, 269 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This fascinating essay collection examines the representation of history on television in Europe from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, including case studies from Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Yugoslavia"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary-style television programs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction / E. Bell & A. Gray -- PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES. 'Once Upon A Time...': Visual Design and Documentary Openings / J.Corner -- History on Television: The Problem of Sources / L. Cigognetti & P. Sorlin -- Combatting 'A Message Without a Code': Writing the 'History' Documentary / B. Winston -- Contexts of Production: Commissioning History / A. Gray -- Beyond The Witness: The Layering of Historical Testimonies on British Television / E. Bell -- PART TWO: TELEVISED HISTORY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY. Staging Historical Leaders on French Television: The Example of Napoleon Bonaparte / I. Veyrat-Masson -- Landscape and Memory: British Television Documentaries about the First World War / E. Hanna -- Mediated Collective Memory and the Political Process Towards Democracy in Spain: An Analysis of the Spanish TV Historical Documentary Series La Transicin/ S. Hernandez Corchete -- PART THREE: TELEVISED HISTORY, MEMORY AND IDENTITY. Television Fiction, A Domain of Memory: Retelling the Past on Dutch Television / S. de Leeuw -- Public Service Truth-Telling? Reality Bites and the BBC in Northern Ireland / A. Blaney -- Women and War / M. Rohringer -- History in Popular Television Drama: The Flemish past in Wij, Heren van Zichem / A. Dhoest -- PART THREE: HISTORY PROGRAMMING: FORM, GENRE, TECHNIQUE. 'I Feel Completely Beautiful For the First Time In My Life': Bodily Re-Enactment and Reality Documentary / J. de Groot -- (Re)Constructing Biographies: German Television Docudrama and the Historical Biography / T. Ebbrecht -- Flog It!: Nostalgia and Lifestyle on British Daytime Television / I. Kleinecke -- Who Do You Think You Are? Family History and Memory on British Television / A. Holdsworth.
- Call Number
- MWGS 10-5269
- ISBN
- 9780230222083 (hardback)
- 0230222080 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2010002677
- OCLC
- 430839584
- Title
- Televising history : mediating the past in postwar Europe / edited by Erin Bell and Ann Gray.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Bell, Erin, 1975-Gray, Ann, 1946-
- Research Call Number
- MWGS 10-5269