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British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies

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Description for British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies Hardcover. This collection offers an overview of British TV comedies, ranging from the beginnings of sitcoms in the 1950s to the current boom of 'Britcoms'. It provides in-depth analyses of major comedies, systematically addressing their generic properties, filmic history, humour politics and cultural impact. Editor(s): Kamm, Juergen; Neumann, Birgit; McGregor, Ken; Klepner, Frank. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
This collection offers an overview of British TV comedies, ranging from the beginnings of sitcoms in the 1950s to the current boom of 'Britcoms'. It provides in-depth analyses of major comedies, systematically addressing their generic properties, filmic history, humour politics and cultural impact.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
363
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137552945
SKU
V9781137552945
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

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Stephen Bourne, De Montfort University, UK Alexander Brock, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Paul Davies, University of Passau, Germany Rainer Emig, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany Marion Gymnich, University of Bonn, Germany John Hill, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Mary Irwin, Northumbria University, UK Philip Jacobi, University of Passau, Germany Juergen Kamm, University of Passau, Germany Stephan Karschay, ... Read more

Reviews for British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies
“This volume is sensitive to identity formations involving social class, gender, ethnicity, race, and factory labour. … The transnational authors of British TV Comedies, British and German, building on this expanding research, have elevated television comedy to a medium worthy of transcultural, cultural and political consideration for scholarly and general audiences.” (Marcia Landy, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, ... Read more

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