Experimental British Television - Couverture souple

Laura Mulvey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719075556 ISBN 13 : 9780719075551

Editeur : Parlux, 2005

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Throughout its history, British television has found a place, if only in its margins, for programmes that consciously worked to expand the boundaries of television aesthetics. Even in the present climate of increased academic interest in television history, its experimental tradition has generally either been approached generically or been lost within the assumption that television is simply a mass medium. Experimental British television uncovers the history of experimental television, bringing back forgotten programmes in addition to looking at relatively more privileged artists or programme strands from fresh perspectives. The book therefore goes against the grain of dominant television studies, which tends to place the medium within the flow of the everyday , in order to scrutinise those productions that attempted to make more serious interventions within the medium. The main body of Experimental British television consists of case studies of particular programmes, whilst there are also studies of particular strands of programmes and the creative talent behind them, as well as overviews of experiments within generic forms. The chapters are organised in a chronological order and written by both established and up and coming scholars. The book firmly places the aesthetics of experimentation within historical contexts, and addresses the impact of political issues, institutional conventions and the importance of the changing technologies upon British television. Covering experimentation within generic programming, as well as more avant-gardist television productions, the book stresses the importance of experimentation and its role within broader aesthetic debates about the medium.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Laura Mulvey is Professor of Film and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. Jamie Sexton is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Parlux
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0719075556
• ISBN 13: 9780719075551
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 230