Re-Viewing Reception Television, Gender, and Postmodern Culture |
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| Author:
| Joyrich, Lynne |
| Series title: | Theories of Contemporary Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-21078-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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"This is an ambitious analysis of television studies as a whole."nbsp;--Library Journal
Focusing on U.S. television of the 1980s--from #157;Miami Vice, Moonlighting, and Pee-wee's Playhouse to Max Headroom--Lynne Joyrich explores how gender affects the reception of television. She traces how the medium has been chracterized as "feminine" and then turns to the television shows themselves and analyzes a range of genres and forms.
"This is an ambitious analysis of television studies as a whole."nbsp;--Library Journal
Focusing on U.S. television of the 1980s--from #157;Miami Vice, Moonlighting, and Pee-wee's Playhouse to Max Headroom--Lynne Joyrich explores how gender affects the reception of television. She traces how the medium has been chracterized as "feminine" and then turns to the television shows themselves and analyzes a range of genres and forms.