Television

Game of Thrones, one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how "e;feminist"e; the show really is.

The Emmy-nominated star of the classic 1950s sitcom I Married Joan, Joan Davis (1912-1961) was also radio's highest paid comedienne in the 1940s--and she displayed her unique brand of knockabout comedy in more than forty films.

Since its inception in the mid-1950s, the television drama has emerged as the dominant medium of contemporary storytelling in Italian society, with a steadily increasing supply of locally produced domestic dramas offering up competing versions of Italian identity.

The eminent psychologist Carl Jung is best known for such indelible contributions to modern thought as the concept of the collective unconscious, but his wide-spread work can also be fruitfully employed to analyze popular culture.

An investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications.

Frank Bank's story is a sometimes wild, sometimes bawdy, often poignant, always funny account of a real-life Louie Louie who led a nation to California-dreamin'.

From 1945 to 1950, during the formative years of his career, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photojournalist for Look magazine.

In recent years, Chinese film has garnered worldwide attention, and this interdisciplinary collection investigates how new technologies, changing production constraints, and shifting viewing practices have shaped perceptions of Chinese screen cultures.

Premiering the day after the JFK assassination, Doctor Who humbly launched one of the entertainment worlds first super-brands.

So, what would Mary Ann do?

Kreativität charakterisiert die Fernsehunterhaltungsproduktion.

Der vorliegende Band ist der neunte Band einer Reihe, in der sich eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, die sich 2014 an der Technischen Universität Dresden unter der Bezeichnung WEITERSEHEN – interdisziplinäre Perspektiven Dresdner Serienforschung zusammengefunden haben, mit sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Fragen im Kontext aktueller TV Serien beschäftigt.

This book places television in Africa in the digital context.

The Politics of Reality Television encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe.

Although television critics have often differed with the public with respect to the artistic and cultural merits of television programming, over the last half-century television has indubitably influenced popular culture and vice versa.

How many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen?

This book engages with Margaret Atwood's work and its adaptations.

More than sixty years after the The Twilight Zone debuted on television, the show remains a cultural phenomenon, including a feature film, three television reboots, a comic book series, a magazine and a theatrical production.

Among professional storytellers whose works have been adapted for cinematic dramatization, mid-19th century English novelist Charles Dickens stands in a class of his own.

This collection reads the science fiction genre and television medium as examples of heterotopia (and television as science fiction technology), in which forms, processes, and productions of space and time collide - a multiplicity of spaces produced and (re)configured.

This book explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour.

In den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten haben Fernsehserien, oftmals unter dem Begriff des „Quality TV“ firmierend, eine merkliche kulturelle Aufwertung erfahren.

Mortality remains a taboo topic in much of Western society, but death and violence continue to be staples of popular television.

Through its six-season run, television's Grimm used the extraordinary to illuminate the complexity of the ordinary.

This edited volume rethinks Masculinity Studies by breaking away from the notion of the perpetual crisis of masculinity.

For the first 70 years of television, broadcasters dictated the terms of the viewing experience, deciding not only when but how much of a program an audience could watch.

From mindfulness in schools to meditation apps, mental health is bursting out of the psychiatrist's chair and into our everyday conversations.

Korea has fully stepped onto the global stage in stunning strides.

This edited collection is the first book-length critical study of the Showtime-Sky Atlantic television series Penny Dreadful (2014-2016), which also includes an analysis of Showtime's 2020 spin-off City of Angels.

"e;The definitive Friends history"e; that explores all aspects of the classic hit television show (Entertainment Weekly).

New York Times Bestseller on disentangling faith but keep your belief in Jesus intact.

When television was young .

Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner's life looks like in Hollywood.

Wenn in den letzten ein, zwei Jahrzehnten die Rede von einem »Golden Age of Television« war und der Fernsehserie attestiert wurde, sie trete das Erbe des anspruchsvollen Kinofilms, wenn nicht gar der literarischen Epik des 19.

Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner's life looks like in Hollywood.

Online television streaming has radically changed the ways in which programs are produced, disseminated and watched.

Sieht man von Spielfilmen, Sport, Musik und Talkshows ab, scheint das Fernsehen fast nur noch aus Magazinen zu bestehen.

Alle tun es!

Sieht man von Spielfilmen, Sport, Musik und Talkshows ab, scheint das Fernsehen fast nur noch aus Magazinen zu bestehen.

Television series enjoy an unbroken - popular as well as scholarly - attention.

Online television streaming has radically changed the ways in which programs are produced, disseminated and watched.

Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness.

Off the Page examines the business and craft of screenwriting in the era of media convergence.

Long dismissed as ciphers, sycophants and "e;Stepford Wives,"e; women characters of primetime television during the 1950s through the 1980s are overdue for this careful reassessment.

Analyzes The Donna Reed Show, which aired from 1958 to 1966, as a key moment of cultural transition.

In the mid-20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself.

This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon.

For six acclaimed seasons, FBI paranormal detectives Mulder and Scully have been chasing monsters and little green men and exposing government conspiracies, while espousing the mantras "e;trust no one"e; and "e;the truth is out there.