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History on Television.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical television programs--Great Britain.
- History on television.
- National characteristics, English.
- Television--Production and direction.
- Television and history--Great Britain.
- Historical television programs--Production and direction--Great Britain.
- Television.
- Local Subjects:
- Historical television programs--Great Britain.
- History on television.
- National characteristics, English.
- Television--Production and direction.
- Television and history--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In recent years non-fiction history programmes have flourished on television. This interdisciplinary study of history programming identifies and examines different genres employed by producers and tracks their commissioning, production, marketing and distribution histories. With comparative references to other European nations and North America, the authors focus on British history programming over the last two decades and analyse the relationship between the academy and media professionals. They outline and discuss often-competing discourses about how to 'do' history and the underly
- Contents:
- HISTORY ON TELEVISION; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The business of television: public service to brand identity; 2 Landmark and flagship television: heritage and national identity; 3 Commemorative and 'historical event' television: memory and identity; 4 Reenactment: engagement, experience and empathy; 5 Who do 'they' think 'we' are?: considering the audience; Conclusion: Problematizing 'public history' - what is rarely there?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-91985-0
- 0-203-07480-7
- 1-135-11543-5
- OCLC:
- 823390035
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