Social class and television drama in contemporary Britain
David Forrest, Beth Johnson, editors
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
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| Omfang | xvii, 271 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction / David Forrest and Beth Johnson -- This is England: authorship, emotion and class telly / Beth Johnson -- Jimmy McGovern's The street and the politics of everyday life / David Forrest -- High-flyers, hooligans and helpmates: images of social class in the television dramas of Stephen Poliakoff / Stephen Harper -- Through class darkly: class in the British TV noir / Paul Elliott -- Military class: hearts and minds on the domestic screen / Felicity Colman and David James -- 'Honest endeavor together!': social mobility, entrepreneurialism and class in Mr Selfridge / Gill Jamieson -- Social class and television audiences in the 1990s / James Dalby -- Searching for Hugh Gaitskell in a neoliberal landscape--masculinities and class mobility in Goodnight sweetheart / Holly-Gale Millette -- From Newcastle to Nashville: the northern soul of Jimmy Nail / James Leggott -- 'A woman like that is not a woman, quite. I have been her kind': Maxine Peake and the gothic excess of northern femininity / Het Phillips -- Class, place and history in the imaginative landscapes of Peaky blinders / Paul Long -- Happy Valley: compassion, evil and exploitation in an ordinary 'trouble town' / Helen Piper -- Twenty-first century British sitcom and 'the hidden injuries of class' / Phil Wickham -- Animating class in contemporary British television / Chris Pallant and James Newton -- Public property: celebrity and the politics of new labour in Footballers' wives / Antony Mullen -- Grandma's house and the charms of the petit bourgeoisie / Sue Vice.. - "This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television dramas and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays, soap operas and period drama, the volume demonstrates how class provides a bridge across multiple genres and traditions of television drama. The authors trace this thematic emphasis into the present day, offering fascinating new insights into the national conversation around class and identity in Britain today. The chapters engage with a range of topics including authorial explorations of Stephen Poliakoff and Jimmy McGovern, case studies of television performers Maxine Peake and Jimmy Nail, and discussions of the sitcom genre and animation form. This book offers new perspectives on popular British television shows such as Goodnight sweetheart and Footballers' wives, and analysis of more recent series such as Peaky Blinders and This is England" - bokas bakside
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| ISBN | 113755505X. - 9781137555052
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