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Author:   Robin Nelson ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780719073106

ISBN 10:   0719073103
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 November 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Mapping the territory; blurring the boundaries 2. Distinctive product: three kinds of quality: The Sopranos, Shooting the Past, Shameless 3. State of Play: the TV drama industry - new rules of the game 4. Pushing the envelope: 'edgy' TV drama, Sex and The City, Queer as Folk, Carnivale 5. Techniques, technologies and cultural form 6. Between global and national: 24 and Spooks; Oz and Buried 7. 'Quality TV' in context 8. Singularity sustained: Casanova, Blackpool, State of Play -- .

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In State of Play, Robin Nelson carefully analyses the qualities of high-end TV drama rather than pursuing one limiting version of quality. A colourful contribution to debates in Television and Cultural Studies, and a vibrant comparison of American and British TV traditions, this book makes a passionate and, yes, shameless case for viewing much contemporary Television drama as part of a new Golden Age. --Matthew Hills, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.

In State of Play , Robin Nelson carefully analyses the qualities of high-end TV drama rather than pursuing one limiting version of quality. A colourful contribution to debates in Television and Cultural Studies, and a vibrant comparison of American and British TV traditions, this book makes a passionate and, yes, shameless case for viewing much contemporary Television drama as part of a new Golden Age. --Matthew Hills, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.

In State of Play, Robin Nelson carefully analyses the qualities of high-end TV drama rather than pursuing one limiting version of quality. A colourful contribution to debates in Television and Cultural Studies, and a vibrant comparison of American and British TV traditions, this book makes a passionate and, yes, shameless case for viewing much contemporary Television drama as part of a new Golden Age. --Matthew Hills, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. In State of Play , Robin Nelson carefully analyses the qualities of high-end TV drama rather than pursuing one limiting version of quality. A colourful contribution to debates in Television and Cultural Studies, and a vibrant comparison of American and British TV traditions, this book makes a passionate and, yes, shameless case for viewing much contemporary Television drama as part of a new Golden Age. --Matthew Hills, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.

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Robin Nelson is Professor of Theatre and TV Drama in the Department of Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University -- .

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