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Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain
. Ed(S): Forrest, David; Johnson, Beth
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Description for Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain
Hardback. Editor(s): Forrest, David; Johnson, Beth. Num Pages: 295 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television drama and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays, soap operas and period drama, the volume demonstrates how class provides a bridge across multiple genres and traditions of television drama. The authors trace this thematic emphasis into the present day, offering fascinating new insights into the national conversation around class and identity in Britain today. The chapters engage with a range of topics including authorial explorations of Stephen Poliakoff and Jimmy McGovern, case studies of television performers Maxine Peake and Jimmy Nail, and discussions of the sitcom genre ... Read more
This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television drama and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays, soap operas and period drama, the volume demonstrates how class provides a bridge across multiple genres and traditions of television drama. The authors trace this thematic emphasis into the present day, offering fascinating new insights into the national conversation around class and identity in Britain today. The chapters engage with a range of topics including authorial explorations of Stephen Poliakoff and Jimmy McGovern, case studies of television performers Maxine Peake and Jimmy Nail, and discussions of the sitcom genre ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137555052
SKU
V9781137555052
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Forrest, David; Johnson, Beth
David Forrest is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of Social Realism: Art, Nationhood and Politics (2013), co-editor of Filmurbia: Screening The Suburbs (2017) with Graeme Harper and Jonathan Rayner, and is currently at work on a book entitled New Realisms: Contemporary British Cinema. Beth Johnson is Associate Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain
“Rather than homogenise class’s meaning, the editors open the collection up to considering how television constructs its own images of class. Class is approached as a dynamic issue, present as an overt object of representation as well as a set of ideological positions which shape television’s visual address.” (Daniel Martin, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 14 (4), September, 2019) “The ... Read more