Public Representations

Screen Stories, Narrative, and the Public Sphere

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Public Representations explores how popular screen stories represent, and interact with, politics, governance, and the public sphere. It analyses a selection of recent films and broadcast, cable, and streaming series from the US and the UK, as well as a multi-decade survey of comparable Canadian films and series. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship and popular media commentary, Public Representations considers questions of narrative representation, political agency, and conditions of screen story production as they intersect with race and gender. Using a rich array of paratexts, including online and legacy media reviews, interviews, news reports and feature coverage, as well as metrics such as production budgets, box office figures, and awards, Public Representations traces the ways in which these screen stories function as frames of reference, and sites of contestation, for the most urgent issues within the contemporary public sphere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-14
Mått:163 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:412
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487503871

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Beth Herst received her PhD in English literature from the University of London and has worked as a university lecturer, independent scholar, and playwright.Sandford Borins is a professor emeritus of public management at University of Toronto and internationally recognized expert in public sector innovation and narrative.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Narrative, Representations, Publics2. “It Ain’t Right”: Narrative Unease and the American Public Sphere3. “And Then You Have to Bring in the Women”: Gender, Race, and American Public Narrative 4. American Tragedies: Race, War, Narrative, Genre 5. “She’s My President”: Gender, Politics, and the American Small Screen 6. “A Confederacy of Elected Quitters”: English Public Sphere Narratives 7. “As Canadian as Possible, Under the Circumstances”: Public Sphere Screen Stories and Small Markets 8. Conclusion: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics 9. Afterword: (A Narrative About) Teaching Public Sphere Narrative References Index