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Genre and television : from cop shows to cartoons in American culture / Jason Mittell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mittell, Jason, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television series--United States.
- Television series.
- Television program genres--United States.
- Television program genres.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from Dragnet to TheSimpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-92387-6
- 1-135-45876-6
- 1-135-92388-4
- 1-280-17730-6
- 0-203-64213-9
- 9780203642139
- OCLC:
- 437061860
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