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Beyond representation : television drama and the politics and aesthetics of identity / Geraldine Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Geraldine (Geraldine Mary), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities on television.
- Group identity.
- Television plays, English--History and criticism.
- Television plays, English.
- Television plays, American--History and criticism.
- Television plays, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Beyond Representation' poses the question as to whether over the last 30 years there have been signs of progress in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories, within television drama in Britain and the US.
- Contents:
- 9780719074585; 9780719074585; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: beyond the politics of identity?; 1 Beyond realism? Modes of reading in Marxist-socialist and post-Marxist-socialist Television drama criticism; 2 The end(s) of feminism(s)? From Madonna to Ally McBeal; 3 Divided duties: diasporic subjectivities and 'race relations' dramas (Supply and Demand, The Bill, Second Generation); 4 The world of enterprise: myths of the global and global myths (Star Trek); 5 Only human nature after all? Romantic attractions and queer dilemmas (Queer as Folk)
- Conclusion: beyond (simple) representation? Metrosexuality and The Murder of Stephen LawrenceReferences; Index
- Notes:
- First published as hardback in 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-101-6
- 1-84779-172-7
- OCLC:
- 818847297
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