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9780813121901: Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age
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ISBN 10 : 0813121906 ISBN 13 : 9780813121901
Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001

Synopsis

From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN's coverage of such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagined -- or ignored -- by producers, directors, or writers?

Gary Edgerton and Peter Rollins have collected a group of essays that answer these and many other questions. The contributors examine the full spectrum of historical genres, as well as institutions such as the History Channel and production histories of such series as The Jack Benny Show, which ran for fifteen years.

The authors explore the tensions between popular history and professional history and the tendency of some academics to declare the past "off limits" to nonscholars. Several of them point to the tendency for television histories to embed current concerns and priorities within the past, as in such popular shows as Quantum Leap and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. The result is an insightful portrayal of the power television possesses to influence our culture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gary R. Edgerton, professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University, is the co-editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television and the author of several books, most recently In the Eye of the Beholder: Critical Perspectives in Popular Film and Television. Peter C. Rollins, Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University, is editor of the journal Film & History and of numerous books, including Hollywood's Indian.

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Éditeur
The University Press of Kentucky
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813121906
ISBN 13 
9780813121901
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Éditeur
Edgerton Gary R., Rollins Peter C.
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