Period drama / Faye Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Faye, author.

Series:

TV genres.

TV genres

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Period drama is a genre of prestige and pleasure, realism and fantasy, spectacle and intimacy. It is embedded in national pasts but speaks to the present, tracing connections, continuities, and change. It reconstructs and reimagines the spaces and places of the past and considers how lives were shaped by the classed, raced and gendered structures of society. Period drama is invested in the bodily and emotional experience of the past, it delights in the intricacies and textures of clothing, the erotics of the gaze and moments of touch. It is often viewed as a genre of escape, nostalgia and traditionalism. Yet it has the potential to challenge dominant cultural narratives and explore under-represented histories, helping to reshape our understandings of our own histories. This book maps out the dominant debates surrounding television period drama. Through a series of themed programme case studies it charts the genre's investments and preoccupations, considering its place within television industries and contemporary culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Race and Nation

3 Class and Politics

4 Space and Place

5 Gender and Sexuality

6 Bodies and Costume

7 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2024).

ISBN:

1-4744-6284-7

1-4744-6283-9

OCLC:

1316749080