HBO's New and Original Voices: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality and Power

ISBN-13: 9781138234444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 186 str.

Victoria McCollum; Giuliana Monteverde

Opis

This book constitutes the first major exploration of HBO's current programming, examined in the context of the transformation of American television and global society. Bringing together an international group of media and cultural studies scholars to offer an in-depth look at issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and power behind HBO's new and original voices, shows such as Game of Thrones, Girls, Insecure, Looking, Silicon Valley, The Comeback, The Leftovers, True Detective and Veep and Vinyl are examined. A significant intervention in television studies, media studies and cultural studies, this book illuminates the emergence of a new era of culturally relevant television that fans, students, and researchers will find lively, accessible and fascinating.