We are all experts about Hollywood. We have to be, given its iconic power as the global source of so much entertainment. Designed to add to existing expertise as a movie-goer, The Contemporary Hollywood Reader enables students to enter into the thematic, critical, artistic, economic, and political debates on Hollywood.

The Contemporary Hollywood Reader is a dynamic selection of scholarly writings on Hollywood from the post-World War II period onwards, divided into three sections, each with contextualizing introductions from the Editor. The sections, Production,...

Aims to enable students to enter into the thematic, critical, artistic, economic, and political debates on Hollywood. This book presents a selection of writings on Hollywood from the post-World War II period onwards.

'Television Studies' examines the major theories and debates surrounding the production and reception of television over the years and considers the role and future of this powerful medium.

Television Studies: The Basics is a lively introduction to the study of a powerful medium. It examines the major theories and debates surrounding production and reception over the years and considers both the role and future of television.

Topics covered include:

• broadcasting history and technology
• institutions and ownership
• genre and content
• audiences

Complete with global case studies, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading, this is an...

By addressing the themes of forms of knowledge, audiences, gender and race, this accessible student text outlines the theories and approaches to the study of television. Television texts discussed include "Star Trek," "Kung Fu," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Xena: Warrior Princess," and "Sesame Street."