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History TV

Allison Perlman (University of California - Irvine, USA)
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This guidebook offers a critical introduction to history TV. Allison Perlman provides an accessible and engaging model to unpack the meanings of history and TV, and explores topics that include documentary, the mini-series, network branding, and reality TV. Through fictional and non-fictional programming as diverse as Quantum Leap, Ken Burns’ Baseball, Frontier House, and Mad Men, Perlman’s book emphasizes how history TV shows are both sites of cultural memory and components of television networks’ industrial strategies, fusing the ethics and politics of popular history with the narrative structure and genre elements of televisual formats.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
31 December 2023
Pages
256
ISBN
9781138928473

This guidebook offers a critical introduction to history TV. Allison Perlman provides an accessible and engaging model to unpack the meanings of history and TV, and explores topics that include documentary, the mini-series, network branding, and reality TV. Through fictional and non-fictional programming as diverse as Quantum Leap, Ken Burns’ Baseball, Frontier House, and Mad Men, Perlman’s book emphasizes how history TV shows are both sites of cultural memory and components of television networks’ industrial strategies, fusing the ethics and politics of popular history with the narrative structure and genre elements of televisual formats.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
31 December 2023
Pages
256
ISBN
9781138928473

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