Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from dragnet to The Simpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.
Gridiron Gang (WS/DVD)
IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 15, 2006In 1990, coaches Sean Porter and Malcolm Moore took the Kilpatrick Mustangs--a football team of hard-core juvenile offenders from California?s Camp Kilpatrick juvenile detention center--through their inaugural season, in which they reached the regional championships. In 1993, an Emmy-winning documentary, GRIDIRON GANG, aired on U.S. television. In this fictionalized version of the same name, Dwayne The Rock Johnson stars as Porter, the coach who uses sports as a means to instill self-esteem into a group or boys for whom crime is a way of life.A former troubled youth who used football as a means to stay off of the streets, Porter, along with Malcolm Moore (Xibit) now presides over Camp Kilpatrick, where the inmates are gang members, murderers, and drug dealers. Among them are Willie Weathers (Jade York), a gang member doing time for a botched act of revenge. Showing that old rivalries hold true even away from the streets, fellow inmate and rival gang member...
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Genre and Television
Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from dragnet to The Simpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.
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Grandmother's Treasures
A beautifully designed keepsake meant to be handed down from generation to generation, this book is the ideal gift for a grandmother: a special place for her to record the story and spirit of her life, books she's read, music she's listened to, places she's traveled, values she's lived by, and her joys and sorrows. Full-color throughout. 3 memorabilia pockets and companion writing papers.
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Digital Buying Guide 2006
A practical consumer handbook integrates shopping suggestions, set-up guidelines, and handy user tips as it describes and rates dozens of digital electronic products, including cell phones, digital cameras, televisions, computers, DVD players, home theater products, video games, computer accessories, and more. Original. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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