Genre and performance : film and television / edited by Christine Cornea.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornea, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film genres.

Television program genres.

Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.

Motion pictures.

Television programs--Plots, themes, etc.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

x, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.

Contents:

Film noir: gesture under pressure / Cynthia Baron Baron, Cynthia

Captured ghosts: horror acting in the 1970s British television drama / Richard J. Hand Hand, Richard J.

Docudrama performance: realism, recognition and representation / Jonathan Bignell Bignell, Jonathan

Living stories: performance in the contemporary biopic / Dennis Bingham Bingham, Dennis

Borders and boundaries in Deadwood / Steven Peacock Peacock, Steven

The Colbert Report: performing the news as parody for the postmodern viewer / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey

Contemporary comedy performance in British sitcom / Brett Mills Mills, Brett

2-D performance and the re-animated actor in science fiction cinema / Christine Cornea Cornea, Christine

The multiple determinants of television acting / Roberta Pearson Pearson, Roberta

Bollywood blends: genre and performance in Shahrukh Khan's post-millennial films / Rayna Denison Denison, Rayna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719079801

0719079802

OCLC:

432285571