Television

This inside look at the production of 20th century television commercials begins with a review of advertising's beginnings in the late 19th century...

Mortality remains a taboo topic in much of Western society, but death and violence continue to be staples of popular television. We can better unde...

Many female figures in recent fiction, film and television embody the Artemis archetype, modeled on the Greco-Roman goddess of the hunt. These char...

With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextua...

One of the first full-length academic projects on the television series Smallville, this collection of new essays explains why the WB/CW series is ...

These new essays examine the many ways that issues of gender and sexuality intersect with other identities and practices--including race, religi...

Scholars and teachers from all disciplines will find practical examples of how to implement HBO's The Wire in any course using this, the first book...

Bringing together papers presented at the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy from 2005 to 2013, this collection of fresh e...

Widely hailed as one of the best feminist-oriented series on television, NBC’s Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) presents a multifaceted text for ex...

This collection of new essay examines how authors of the 20th and 21st centuries continue the use of sentimental forms and tropes of 19th centur...

The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland stand out as some of America's...

The Sasquatch film genre, devoted to the legendary and notoriously elusive creature also known as Bigfoot, and its Himalayan counterpart, the Ye...

Widely hailed as one of the best feminist-oriented series on television, NBC’s Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) presents a multifaceted text for ex...

Mapping Cinematic Norths presents an international range of research and enquiry into the significance, representation and manipulation of depictio...

A conventional wisdom in media studies is that "when it bleeds it leads". The media love violence and from the newsroom perspective, negative news ...

With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date. Music compos...

This book explores the paradox of mediated authenticity – the idea that our understanding of society is based on mediated representations of realit...

The book is a scholarly and creative consideration of audiovisual broadcasting and what makes a TV performance professional. It combines an academi...