Comparative literature

This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards.

First published in 1990, this title presents a rich account of how television intersects with family life in American and other world cultures.

First published in 1990, this title presents a rich account of how television intersects with family life in American and other world cultures.

Social Media Television and Distributional Aesthetics explores this distinct fictional form that merges the genres, structures and affordances of television with those of social media and what it entails for contemporary television and media culture and for our experience of new and old media in everyday life.

With the televised events of 1989, territories of Eastern and Central Europe that had been marked as impenetrable and inaccessible to the Western gaze exploded into visibility.

With the televised events of 1989, territories of Eastern and Central Europe that had been marked as impenetrable and inaccessible to the Western gaze exploded into visibility.

From early first-wave programs such as Candid Camera, An American Family, and The Real World to the shows on our television screens and portable devices today, reality television consistently takes us to cities-such as New York, Los Angeles, and Boston-to imagine the place of urbanity in American culture and society.

From early first-wave programs such as Candid Camera, An American Family, and The Real World to the shows on our television screens and portable devices today, reality television consistently takes us to cities-such as New York, Los Angeles, and Boston-to imagine the place of urbanity in American culture and society.

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.

The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China.

The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China.

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibrant cultural form that is "e;at large"e; in South Asia.

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibrant cultural form that is "e;at large"e; in South Asia.

This book fills a significant gap in the critical conversation on race in media by extending interrogations of racial colorblindness in American television to the industrial practices that shape what we see on screen.

This book fills a significant gap in the critical conversation on race in media by extending interrogations of racial colorblindness in American television to the industrial practices that shape what we see on screen.

The Routledge Companion to Media and Race serves as a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, and media professionals who seek to understand the key debates about the impact of media messages on racial attitudes and understanding.

The Routledge Companion to Media and Race serves as a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, and media professionals who seek to understand the key debates about the impact of media messages on racial attitudes and understanding.

Since its introduction in the early 1960s, Spanish-language television in the United States has grown in step with the Hispanic population.

Since its introduction in the early 1960s, Spanish-language television in the United States has grown in step with the Hispanic population.

This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building.

This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building.

The question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity.

The question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity.

The study of music in commercials is well-suited for exploring the persuasive impact that music has beyond the ability to entertain, edify, and purify its audience.

The study of music in commercials is well-suited for exploring the persuasive impact that music has beyond the ability to entertain, edify, and purify its audience.

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally.

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally.

From HGTV and the Food Network to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, television is preoccupied with the pursuit and exhibition of lifestyle.

From HGTV and the Food Network to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, television is preoccupied with the pursuit and exhibition of lifestyle.

A growing number of scholars have sought to re-centre emotions in our study of international politics, however an overarching book on how emotions matter to the study of politics and war is yet to be published.

A growing number of scholars have sought to re-centre emotions in our study of international politics, however an overarching book on how emotions matter to the study of politics and war is yet to be published.

In the two decades bracketing the turn of the millennium, large-scale weather disasters have been inevitably constructed as media events.

In the two decades bracketing the turn of the millennium, large-scale weather disasters have been inevitably constructed as media events.

This volume explores literary and material representations of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism from antiquity to the twenty-first century.

This volume explores literary and material representations of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism from antiquity to the twenty-first century.

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs.

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs.

What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student's memory?

What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student's memory?

What is it like to make television comedy?

This book explores the written and unwritten requirements Black journalists face in their efforts to get and keep jobs in television news.

This book explores the written and unwritten requirements Black journalists face in their efforts to get and keep jobs in television news.

What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences?

What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences?

This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments.

This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments.

As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations?

As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations?