State of Play: Contemporary 'High-End' TV Drama

By Robin Nelson

Book Overview

This book deals with a wide range of 'high-end', expensive and high concept, TV dramas from the UK and the USA and analyses the compositional principles of texts (technologies, institutions, economics, cultrual trends). Drama examined include Oz, Buried Carnivale, Blackpool, The Sopranos, Shameless, and Shooting the Past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719073111
• ISBN13: 9780719073113
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"