Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture

By Jason Mittell

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415969034
• ISBN13: 9780415969031
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"