| Description |
xi, 179 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Not just another Buffy paper: towards an aesthetics of television / Sue Turnbull -- The West Wing: wonderland White House of Jed Bartlet / Chris Boyd -- Transformative television: RTV helps you discover the 'real' you / Jane Roscoe -- Look who's talking: discussing talk on TV / Debi Enker -- Britasia: A new England / Kylie Boltin ; The yellow feather of suburbia / Georgina Naidu -- The Sopranos: 21st century television / Anna Dzenis -- Is queer the new black? / Tim Hunter -- Wrapped in plastic: surrealism, soap opera and mystery in Twin Peaks / Martyn Pedler & Saige Walton -- 'Look at moiye, Kimmie, look at moiye': Kath & Kim and the Australian comedy of taste / Sue Turnbull -- Jumping the shark: does the end of sexual tension mean the end of your favourite TV show? / Sophie Cunningham -- Television as a plastic resource / Julian Thomas |
| Summary |
A collection of incisive and accessible commentaries on some of the most treasured and important television series. The book includes in- depth critical analyses of the postmodern masterpiece Twin Peaks, the groundbreaking series The Sopranos, and the award-winning Australian comedy Kath and Kim |
| Analysis |
Media industries (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes biobliographical references (p. 170-179) |
| Bibliography |
Includes biobliographical references |
| Subject |
Television series -- History and criticism.
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Television programs -- Australia.
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Television -- Semiotics.
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects.
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Television programs -- Sociological aspects.
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Television broadcasting -- Australia.
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| Author |
Rattigan, Annabel Clare, 1977-
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Waddell, Terrie, 1961-
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Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
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| LC no. |
00002593 |
| ISBN |
1920805079 : |
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