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The TV Crime Drama
ISBN: 9780748640881 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a genre, the television crime drama has long been a constant of the television landscape since it first migrated from film and radio onto the small screen in the 1950s. Since then, from Dixon of Dock Green to The Wire, from Minder to The Sopranos or Cracker to Dexter and The Killing, it has continued to attract large audiences even as the depiction of the crime, the perpetrators and the investigators may have changed. In order to track these changes, this book provides an historical analysis of the TV crime series as a genre by paying close attention not only to the nature of TV dramas...
As a genre, the television crime drama has long been a constant of the television landscape since it first migrated from film and radio onto the small...
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485,78 |
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Black Television Travels: African American Media Around the Globe
ISBN: 9780814737200 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Black Television Travels provides a detailed and insightful view of the roots and routes of the televisual representations of blackness on the transnational media landscape. By following the circulation of black cultural products and their institutionalized discourses--including industry lore, taste cultures, and the multiple stories of black experiences that have and have not made it onto the small screen--Havens complicates discussions of racial representation and exposes possibilities for more expansive representations of blackness while recognizing the limitations of the...
-Black Television Travels provides a detailed and insightful view of the roots and routes of the televisual representations of blackness on t...
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344,90 |
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Saturday Night Live and American TV
ISBN: 9780253010773 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night " has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Adam Sandler, among others. Week after week, SNL has produced unforgettable sketches and provocative political satire, adapting to changing times while staying true to its original vision of performing timely topical humor. With essays that address issues ranging from race and... For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night " has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular m... |
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281,76 |
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Saturday Night Live and American TV
ISBN: 9780253010827 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night " has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Adam Sandler, among others. Week after week, SNL has produced unforgettable sketches and provocative political satire, adapting to changing times while staying true to its original vision of performing timely topical humor. With essays that address issues ranging from race and... For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night " has greeted late night-TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular m... |
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97,10 |
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LOST Thought University Edition: Leading Thinkers Discuss Lost
ISBN: 9781481194471 / Angielski / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. LOST is a question. It is an intimate, personal question, posed to you. Scholar, fan, student, average Jill or Joe, literary critic or consumer of culture, the question is independent of any title you apply to yourself, any knowledge or wisdom or fascination you might claim to possess, any theory of which you consider yourself proponent. Is LOST relevant to you as a human being? Among the 500-plus large-format (8.5" x 11") pages of LOST Thought University Edition you will find 32 compelling questions posed by two dozen of the world's leading authorities in literary analysis,... LOST is a question. It is an intimate, personal question, posed to you. Scholar, fan, student, average Jill or Joe, literary critic or consume... |
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119,53 |
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Emergency! Behind the Scene
ISBN: 9781284029321 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Book Captures The Essence Of An Important Chapter In Television History: The Origins Of The Emergency , A Dramatic Series Significant Beyond Entertainment. When The World Premiere Of Emergency Was First Broadcast In 1972, There Were Only 12 Paramedic Units In All Of North America. Ten Years Later, More Than Half Of All Americans Were Within Ten Minutes Of A Paramedic Rescue Or Ambulance Unit. That Simply Would Not Have Happened Without The Influence Of Emergency Emergency Followed The Daily Lives Of A Pair Of Los Angeles County Fire Department Firefighters/Paramedics, Along With Their...
This Book Captures The Essence Of An Important Chapter In Television History: The Origins Of The Emergency , A Dramatic Series Significant Beyond Ente...
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139,07 |
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The Making of Channel 4
ISBN: 9780415842082 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982. There were lengthy debates about what its role would be and the part to be played by the ITV companies and the growing number of independent television producers. There was also political controversy over the profile of the new channel, some wishing to see it as "their" channel in response to the apparent political hegemony of Margaret Thatcher. The result was sharp conflicts, not only over programming but, as the channel became established, over its relationships with the ITV companies and...
Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982. There were lengthy debates about what its role w...
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631,52 |
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News Consumption in Libya: A Study of University Students
ISBN: 9781443844512 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a comprehensive investigation into news consumption and news credibility in broad terms. The chief aim is to understand the relationship between university students' consumption of satellite TV news services and their perceptions of news issues.
This volume is a comprehensive investigation into news consumption and news credibility in broad terms. The chief aim is to understand the relationshi...
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204,49 |
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Television and the Legal System
ISBN: 9780415652247 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the American television legal series from its development as a genre in the 1940s to the present day. Villez demonstrates how the genre has been a rich source of legal information and understanding for Americans. These series have both informed and put myths in place about the legal system in the US. Villez also contrasts the US to France, which has seen a similar interest in legal series during this period. However, French television representations of justice are strikingly different, as is the role of fiction in offering viewers the possibility of acquiring... This book examines the American television legal series from its development as a genre in the 1940s to the present day. Villez demonstrates how th... |
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271,99 |
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Toiletrivia - Pop Culture & Entertainment: The Only Trivia Book That Caters To Your Everyday Bathroom Needs
ISBN: 9781463748777 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TOILETRIVIA (Pop Culture and Entertainment) is the only Pop Culture and Entertainment trivia book that caters to your everyday bathroom needs. Questions in Pop Culture and Entertainment are asked on three difficulty levels ranging from easy "One Roll of Toilet Paper" trivia, to questions so hard, you'll need "Three Rolls of Toilet Paper" to get you through the chapter. Toiletrivia is also an interactive game, as a scorecard in every chapter allows you to compete with future bathroom patrons. Movies, Music, Games, Food ... if you love it, it's in this trivia book The questions selected in...
TOILETRIVIA (Pop Culture and Entertainment) is the only Pop Culture and Entertainment trivia book that caters to your everyday bathroom needs. Questio...
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31,89 |
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Teaching The Wire: Frameworks, Theories and Strategies for the Classroom
ISBN: 9780786493906 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HBO's critically acclaimed drama The Wire has seen increasing use as course material in college classrooms since the 2008 series finale. This collection of new essays discusses various approaches for using The Wire to bring the experiences of marginalized communities into the post-secondary classroom as means for examining critical social issues.
HBO's critically acclaimed drama The Wire has seen increasing use as course material in college classrooms since the 2008 series finale. This collecti...
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218,89 |
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Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture
ISBN: 9780786479238 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys--Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Acheivement in Comedy.
Capitalizing on the show's success, the actual band formed by the actors, at their peak, sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined, and set the stage for other musical TV characters from The Partridge Family to Hannah Montana. In the late 1980s, the Monkees began a series of reunion tours that continued into their 50th anniversary.
This book tells the story of The Monkees and how the show...
A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys--Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Ac...
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165,68 |
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The Making of Channel 4
ISBN: 9781138997967 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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218,56 |
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Class Divisions in Serial Television
ISBN: 9781137594488 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings the emergent interest in social class and inequality to the field of television studies. The case studies in this book demonstrate how sophisticated narrative techniques coincide with equally complex ways of exposing class divisions in contemporary American life and how the examined shows disrupt the hegemonic order of class.
This book brings the emergent interest in social class and inequality to the field of television studies. The case studies in this book demonstrate ho...
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322,01 |
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Language and Manipulation in House of Cards: A Pragma-Stylistic Perspective
ISBN: 9781137558473 / Angielski / Twarda / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing analysis of the first three seasons from the unusual angles of discourse and dialogue. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagonist, Frank Underwood, is completed by a pragmatic and cognitive approach exposing the main characters' manipulative strategies to win over the other. Taking into account the socio-cultural context and the specificities of the TV medium, the volume focuses on the workings of interaction as...
This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing a...
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483,04 |
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The Essential Wrapped In Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks
ISBN: 9780997108101 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,76 |
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Seinfeld FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Show about Nothing
ISBN: 9781557838575 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (FAQ). Is it a show about nothing or one of the greatest TV series of all time? It's both, of course Seinfeld 's impact on popular culture was so profound that it continues to this day-years after it left prime time-thanks to its inimitable characters (Newman Bubble Boy ), its wacky, memorable plots (who can forget "The Contest" or "The Puffy Shirt"?), and the many catchphrases we use regularly (not that there's anything wrong with that). Seinfeld FAQ is the first-ever comprehensive guide to the sitcom, tracing its path from modest beginnings to water-cooler-show status and to its infamous,...
(FAQ). Is it a show about nothing or one of the greatest TV series of all time? It's both, of course Seinfeld 's impact on popular culture was so pro...
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92,25 |
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The Revolution Was Televised: How The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever
ISBN: 9781476739670 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A phenomenal account, newly updated, of how twelve innovative television dramas transformed the medium and the culture at large, featuring Sepinwall's take on the finales of Mad Men and Breaking Bad. In The Revolution Was Televised, celebrated TV critic Alan Sepinwall chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large forever, including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, ...
A phenomenal account, newly updated, of how twelve innovative television dramas transformed the medium and the culture at large, featuring Sepinwall's...
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72,22 |
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Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain
ISBN: 9781571817549 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and for mass entertainment has irreversibly altered the manner in which nations perceive themselves and each other. This volume explores the multiple and complex ways in which audiovisual developments in two important European states have impacted on the life styles and attitudes of the population at large and its governing elites. This is the first study that is... The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident... |
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77,48 |
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A Companion to Reality Television
ISBN: 9780470659274 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the study of reality, factual and nonfiction television entertainment, encompassing a wide range of formats and incorporating cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory.
International in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the stu...
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920,18 |
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