{"product_id":"channels-of-discourse-reassembled-television-and-contemporary-criticism-9780807843741","title":"Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism","description":"Since its original publication in 1987, \u003ci\u003eChannels of Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e has provided the most comprehensive consideration of commercial television, drawing on insights provided by the major strands of contemporary criticism: semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, genre theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, feminist criticism, and British cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second edition features a new introduction by Robert Allen that includes a discussion of the political economy of commercial television. Two new essays have been added--one an assessment of postmodernism and television, the other an analysis of convergence and divergence among the essays--and the original essays have been substantially revised and updated with an international audience in mind. Sixty-one new television stills illustrate the text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay lays out the general tenets of its particular approach, discusses television as an object of analysis within that critical framework, and provides extended examples of the types of analysis produced by that critical approach. Case studies range from \u003ci\u003eRescue 911\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e to soap operas, music videos, game shows, talk shows, and commericals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChannels of Discourse, Reassembled\u003c\/i\u003e suggests new ways of understanding relationships among television programs, between viewing pleasure and narrative structure, and between the world in front of the television set and that represented on the screen. The collection also addresses the qualities of popular television that traditional aesthetics and quantitative media research have failed to treat satisfactorily, including its seriality, mass production, and extraordinary popularity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors are Robert C. Allen, Jim Collins, Jane Feuer, John Fiske, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, James Hay, E. Ann Kaplan, Sarah Kozloff, Ellen Seiter, and Mimi White. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.07w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807843741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert C. Allen is Smith Professor of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of \"Speaking of Soap Operas\" and \"Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture\" and coauthor of \"Film History: Theory and Practice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161627537523,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c5af32bc-6a51-446f-b815-4d5efc066f3f.jpg?v=1654955446","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/channels-of-discourse-reassembled-television-and-contemporary-criticism-9780807843741","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}