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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.
Provides a thorough overview of the key theoretical debates
surrounding the study of television but also relates these strongly
to production, providing an important link to practice Includes a
useful glossary of key terms which students can use to support
their own research and back ground reading Contains case studies on
popular contemporary shows such as Game of Thrones and Sherlock
In this book, Faye Woods explores the raucous, cheeky, intimate
voice of British youth television. This is the first study of a
complete television system targeting teens and twenty somethings,
chronicling a period of significant industrial change in the early
21st century. British Youth Television offers a snapshot of the
complexities of contemporary television from a British standpoint -
youth-focused programming that blossomed in the commercial
expansion of the digital era, yet indelibly shaped by public
service broadcasting, and now finding its feet on proliferating
platforms. Considering BBC Three, My Mad Fat Diary, The
Inbetweeners, Our War and Made in Chelsea, amongst others; Woods
identifies a television that is defiantly British, yet also has a
complex transatlantic relationship with US teen TV. This book
creates a space for British voices in an academic and cultural
landscape dominated by the American teenager.
Provides a thorough overview of the key theoretical debates
surrounding the study of television but also relates these strongly
to production, providing an important link to practice Includes a
useful glossary of key terms which students can use to support
their own research and back ground reading Contains case studies on
popular contemporary shows such as Game of Thrones and Sherlock
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.
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