Television Drama

At a time when distinctions between television and film have blurred, and multiple TV channels offer us the chance to re-view TV dramas, there is still little attention paid to television drama as text or to ways of theorising such texts. This book offers both a clear account of theoretical approaches to television drama and readings of a range of television drama texts. Arguing that TV drama is a key site for exploring the usefulness of contemporary theories of identity, culture and representation, it offers a framework which links this analysis to theoretical concepts explored elsewhere in cultural, media and film studies over recent years. Each chapter provides a critical account of a specific theoretical approach, outlining its history and scope, and demonstrating its application across a range of TV dramas, ending with a close reading of particular examples. Organised around the themes of identity and subjectivity, the book encompasses a wide range of approaches and texts, from sitcom, to docudrama, to sci fi and is an ideal resource for undergraduate students of Media Studies, Cultural studies, Communication Studies and Television and Film Studies.

ISBN 0333968883   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780333968888 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Weight (grammes) 291 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Format Paperback   Height (mm) 215 Publication date 29 Oct 2004   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress PN1992.6.T   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY 791.457   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC22

Introduction: Approaches to Television Drama Part 1: Representing Television Drama: Television Drama and its Critics Part 2: Stories and Meanings Narrative Genre Realism Part 3: Power and Subjectivity Ideology, Hegemony and Discourse Uses of Psychoanalysis Part 4: Gender and Sexuality Feminist Approaches Sexual Subjects Part 5: The end of representation? Television Drama and Postmodernism

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