ABSTRACT
This work brings together writings on television published in Quarterly Review of Film and Video, from essays by Nick Browne and Beverle Houston to the latest historical and critical research. It considers television's economics, technologies, forms and audiences from a cultural perspective that links history, theory and criticism. The authors address several key issues: the formative period in American television history; the relation between television's political economy and its cultural forms; gender and melodrama; and new technologies such as video games and camcorders. Originally published in 1993.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
The Establishment of American Television
chapter 2|14 pages
Failed Opportunities
part II|54 pages
Cultural Theory and Network Television
part III|71 pages
Television Formats and the Inscription of Gender
part IV|32 pages
Video Transformations