Complexity / Simplicity

Moments in Television

AvSarah Cardwell,Jonathan Bignell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Television Series

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Beskrivning

An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship.Each ‘Moments’ book is organised around a provocative binary theme. Complexity / simplicity addresses the idea of complex TV, examining its potential, limitations and impact upon creative and interpretative practices. It also reassesses simplicity as an alternative criterion for evaluation. Complexity and simplicity persuasively illuminate the book’s chosen programmes in new ways.The book explores an eclectic range of TV fictions, dramatic and comedic. Contributors from diverse perspectives come together to expand and enrich the kind of close analysis most commonly found in television aesthetics. Sustained, detailed programme analyses are sensitively framed within historical, technological, institutional, cultural, creative and art-historical contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-10
Mått:138 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:464 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Television Series
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9781526148759

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Sarah Cardwell is Honorary Fellow in the School of Arts at the University of KentJonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of ReadingLucy Fife Donaldson is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews

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Introduction: complexity/simplicity – Sarah Cardwell, Jonathan Bignell and Lucy Fife Donaldson1 ‘WTF June?’: The Handmaid’s Tale and the significance of unexpected choice – Trisha Dunleavy2 Being Frank? Breaking the ’fourth wall’ in Netflix’s House of Cards – Christa van Raalte and Maike Helmers3 ‘You’ve got to expect this kind of thing in the priesthood’: simplicity and complexity in Father Ted – Karen Quigley4 Depth in two dimensions: complex/simple moments in Rick and Morty – James Walters5 Simplicity and complexity in the costuming of Killing Eve – Josette Wolthuis6 Complexity and clear-sightedness in The Wire – James Zborowski7 Such schadenfreude: unpacking the political satire in Veep – Michael P. Young8 Queer adventures in time and space: complicating simplicity in Doctor Who – Benedict Morrison9 Vanity Fair and the contradictions of colour – Jonathan Bignell10 The value of simplicity: The Long Wait – Sarah CardwellIndex