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TV Socialism
Anikó Imre
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Description for TV Socialism
Paperback. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; APT; HBJD; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In TV Socialism, Aniko Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western media, a steady production of varied genre entertainment, elements of European public service broadcasting, and transcultural, multi-lingual reception practices. These televisual practices challenge conventional understandings of culture under socialism, divisions between East and West, and the divide between socialism and postsocialism. Taking a broad regional perspective encompassing Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Imre foregrounds continuities ... Read more
In TV Socialism, Aniko Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western media, a steady production of varied genre entertainment, elements of European public service broadcasting, and transcultural, multi-lingual reception practices. These televisual practices challenge conventional understandings of culture under socialism, divisions between East and West, and the divide between socialism and postsocialism. Taking a broad regional perspective encompassing Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Imre foregrounds continuities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Console-ing Passions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822360995
SKU
V9780822360995
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About Anikó Imre
Aniko Imre is Associate Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the New Europe.
Reviews for TV Socialism
The main strength of TV Socialism lies in the analysis of programs themselves; it is here that Imre develops some of her most original and intriguing arguments, which will no doubt continue to shape debates on socialist television and its place in global television history for some time to come.
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