The Television Genre Book

Edited by Glen Creeber, Aberystwyth University, UK

The Television Genre Book introduces the concept of 'genre' and then addresses the main televisual genres This new edition is illustrated in colour throughout with international case studies of classic and contemporary programming from each genre New chapters cover horror, the political thriller, Nordic noir, sadcom, historical documentaries, reality dating shows and consumption in the age of streaming New case studies include Stranger Things, Killing Eve, The Crown, Chernobyl, Black Mirror and Fleabag.

UK November 2023

PB 9781839022081

• US November 2023

• £28 99 / $39 95 ePub 9781839022104 ePdf 9781839022098

British Film Institute

• 480 pages • 51 colour illus, 14 bw illus

• HB 9781839022074 • £90 00 / $120 00

• £26 09 / $36 44

• £26 09 / $36 44

Art vs. TV

A Brief History of Contemporary Artists' Responses to Television

Francesco Spampinato, University of Bologna, Italy

While highlighting the prevailing role of television in Western societies, Art vs. TV maps and condenses a comprehensive history of the relationships of art and television With a particular focus on the link between reality and representation, Francesco Spampinato analyzes video art works, installations, performances, interventions and television programs made by contemporary artists as forms of resistance to and appropriation and parody of mainstream television These works and phenomena elicit a tension between art and television, exposing an incongruence; an impossibility not only to converge but at the very least to open up a dialogical exchange

• 105 bw illus

UK July 2023

• US July 2023

• 368 pages

PB 9781501370540 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781501370571 ePub 9781501370564 • £97 59 / $117 00 ePdf 9781501370557 • £97 59 / $117 00

Bloomsbury Academic

Show and Biz

The market economy in TV series and popular culture (2000-2020)

Edited by María Blanco, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain & Alberto Mingardi, IULM University, Milan, Italy

This collection carries out an extensive study on the perception of the core institutions and cultural determinants of a market economy (private property, the contract regime, the private corporation, et cetera) in contemporary TV series, identifying recurring elements and trends in interpretation It presents the most successful TV series (2000-2020) from an entrepreneurial perspective, allowing the reader to approach every chapter as a case study A wide range of business and entrepreneur archetypes is covered throughout the book’s chapters, from the successful smalltown businessman to the revolutionary leader in a climate disaster dystopia

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 288 pages

HB 9781501393778 • £90 00 / $120 00 ePub 9781501393785 • £90 15 / $108 00 ePdf 9781501393808 • £90 15 / $108 00

Bloomsbury Academic

Radio's Legacy in Popular Culture

The Sounds of British Broadcasting over the Decades Martin Cooper, University of Huddersfield, UK Ever since the first public wireless broadcasts, people have been writing about the radio: often negatively, sometimes full of praise, but always with an eye and an ear to explain and offer an opinion about what they think they have heard Novelists including Agatha Christie and James Joyce wrote about characters listening to this new medium with mixtures of delight, frustration, and despair Clint Eastwood frightened moviegoers half to death in Play Misty for Me, whilst Good Morning, Vietnam exploded from the cinema screen with a raw energy all of its own Martin Cooper uses these movies, TV shows, songs, novels and more to explore the cultural fascination with radio; the act of listening as a cultural expression

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 264 pages • 11 bw illus

PB 9781501388231 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781501360442 ePub 9781501360435 £90 15 / $108 00 ePdf 9781501360428 £90 15 / $108 00

Bloomsbury Academic