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Author:   Christine Cornea ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780719079801

ISBN 10:   0719079802
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations Contributor biographies Acknowledgements Editor’s introduction – Christine Cornea 1. Film noir: gesture under pressure – Cynthia Baron 2. Captured ghosts: horror acting in the 1970s British television drama – Richard J. Hand 3. Docudrama performance: realism, recognition and representation – Jonathan Bignell 4. Living stories: performance in the contemporary biopic – Dennis Bingham 5. Borders and boundaries in Deadwood – Steven Peacock 6. The Colbert Report: performing the news as parody for the postmodern viewer – Gwendolyn Audrey Foster 7. Contemporary comedy performance in British sitcom – Brett Mills 8. 2-D performance and the re-animated actor in science fiction cinema – Christine Cornea 9. The multiple determinants of television acting – Roberta Pearson 10. Bollywood blends: genre and performance in Shahrukh Khan’s post-millennial films – Rayna Denison Index -- .

Reviews

"""All these studies are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions of performance issues related to their genres. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting. Overall, ""Genre and Performance: Film and Television"" is an important addition..."" - ""Western American Literature, "" Summer 2012 issue"

All these studies are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions of performance issues related to their genres. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting. Overall, Genre and Performance: Film and Television is an important addition... - Western American Literature, Summer 2012 issue

<p> All these studies are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions of performance issues related to their genres. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting. Overall, Genre and Performance: Film and Television is an important addition... - Western American Literature, Summer 2012 issue

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Christine Cornea is Lecturer in Film and Television with the School of Film and Television at the University of East Anglia

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