Re-viewing Reception
Author | : Lynne Joyrich |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 025321078X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253210784 |
Rating | : 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Download or read book Re-viewing Reception written by Lynne Joyrich and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an ambitious analysis of television studies as a whole." --Library Journal Focusing on U.S. television of the 1980s--from 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.