This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and
heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the
heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through
British television drama. Drawing on case studies including
programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the
book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television
drama and contextualises the programmes within British public
discourses at the time of their production, original broadcasting
and first reception. British television drama is a cultural forum
in which contemporary Britain’s problems, wishes and cultural
values are revealed and debated. By revealing the tensions in
contemporary notions of heroes and heroisms, television drama
employs the heroic as a lens through which to scrutinise
contemporary British society and its responses to crisis and
change. Looking back on the development of heroic representations
in British television drama over the last twenty years, this
book’s analyses show how heroisation in television drama reacts
to, and reveals shifts in, British structures of feeling in a time
marked by insecurity. The book is ideal for readers interested in
British cultural studies, studies of the heroic and popular
culture.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Barbara Korte
• Nicole Falkenhayner
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
150 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-65367-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-367-65367-2 |
Barcode: |
9780367653675 |
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