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Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age
Gary R. Edgerton
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Description for Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age
Paperback. Television has become the primary source of historical information for tens of millions of Americans. This book poses the questions: Why has television become such a respected authority? and what falsehoods enter our collective memories as truths? Editor(s): Edgerton, Gary R.; Rollins, Peter C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagined -- or ignored -- by producers, directors, or writers?
Gary Edgerton and Peter Rollins have collected a group of essays that answer these and many other questions. The contributors examine the full spectrum of historical genres, but also institutions ... Read more
From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagined -- or ignored -- by producers, directors, or writers?
Gary Edgerton and Peter Rollins have collected a group of essays that answer these and many other questions. The contributors examine the full spectrum of historical genres, but also institutions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813190563
SKU
V9780813190563
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About Gary R. Edgerton
Gary R. Edgerton, professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University, is co-editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television and author of several books. Peter C. Rollins, Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University, is editor of Film & History and numerous books, including Hollywood as Historian: American Film in a ... Read more
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