商品簡介
Examines the ways in which certain forms and genres in television have registered a period of cultural upheaval and to what extent they have developed a more reflexive and more critical television culture. Looks at issues such as class, gender, the monarchy, and nationhood, exploring their representation in a variety of dramas and genres, including police procedurals, game shows, sitcoms, and satire. Challenges the notion of television as a bland purveyor of the status quo, presenting it as a complex and potentially subversive medium. Distributed by Stylus Publishing Inc. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Tom Behan (1957 - 2010) was Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Kent. His books include Defiance: The Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia (2008), See Naples & Die: The Camorra & Organised Crime (2009) and The Italian Resistance: Fascists, Guerrillas and The Allies (Pluto Press, 2009).
