Uk And Irish Television Comedy

Author : Mary Irwin,Jill Marshall
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031236297

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UK and Irish Television Comedy by Mary Irwin,Jill Marshall Pdf

This book looks at television comedy, drawn from across the UK and Ireland, and ranging chronologically from the 1980s to the 2020s. It explores depictions of distinctive geographical, historical and cultural communities presented from the insiders’ perspective, simultaneously interrogating the particularity of the lived experience of time, and place, embedded within the wide variety of depictions of contrasting lives, experiences and sensibilities, which the collected individual chapters offer. Comedies considered include Victoria Wood’s work on ‘the north’, Ireland’s Father Ted and Derry Girls, Michaela Coel’s east London set Chewing Gum, and Wales’ Gavin and Stacey. There are chapters on Scottish sketch and animation comedy, and on series set in the Midlands, the North East, the South West and London’s home counties. The book offers thoughtful reflection on funny and engaging representations of the diverse, fragmented complexity of UK and Irish identity explored through the intersections of class, ethnicity and gender.

Author : Caroline Lusin,Ralf Haekel
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783823301356

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Community, Seriality, and the State of the Nation: British and Irish Television Series in the 21st Century by Caroline Lusin,Ralf Haekel Pdf

Since the turn of the 21st century, the television series has rivalled cinema as the paradigmatic filmic medium. Like few other genres, it lends itself to exploring society in its different layers. In the case of Great Britain and Ireland, it functions as a key medium in depicting the state of the nation. Focussing on questions of genre, narrative form, and serialisation, this volume examines the variety of ways in which popular recent British and Irish television series negotiate the concept of community as a key component of the state of the nation.

Author : Juergen Kamm,Birgit Neumann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137552952

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British TV Comedies by Juergen Kamm,Birgit Neumann Pdf

This collection offers an overview of British TV comedies, ranging from the beginnings of sitcoms in the 1950s to the current boom of 'Britcoms'. It provides in-depth analyses of major comedies, systematically addressing their generic properties, filmic history, humour politics and cultural impact.

Author : Elizabeth Fakazis,Elfriede Fürsich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000830095

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The Political Relevance of Food Media and Journalism by Elizabeth Fakazis,Elfriede Fürsich Pdf

Interrogating the intersections of food, journalism, and politics, this book offers a critical examination of food media and journalism, and its political potential against the backdrop of contemporary social challenges. Contributors analyze current and historic examples such as #BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, climate change, Brexit, food sovereignty, and identity politics, highlighting how food media and journalism reach beyond the commercial imperatives of lifestyle journalism to negotiate nationalism, globalization, and social inequalities. The volume challenges the idea that food media/journalism are trivial and apolitical by drawing attention to the complex ways that storytelling about food has engaged political discourses in the past, and the innovative ways it is doing so today. Bringing together international scholars from a variety of disciplines, the book will be of great interest to scholars and students of journalism, communication, media studies, food studies, sociology, and anthropology.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1640 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Television Series by Universal Television by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838715335

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Directors in British and Irish Cinema by Robert Murphy Pdf

A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individuals directors gives a resume of the director's career, evaluates their achievements and provides a complete filmography. It is useful for those interested in film-making in Britain and Ireland.

Author : Stephen Glynn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031412226

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The British Sitcom Spinoff Film by Stephen Glynn Pdf

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms. Regularly maligned as the nadir of British film production and marginalised as a last resort for the financially-bereft industry during the 1970s, this study demonstrates that the sitcom spinoff film has instead been a persistent and important presence in British cinema from the 1940s to the present day, and includes (occasional) works with distinct artistic merit. Alongside an investigation of the economic imperative underpinning these productions, i.e. the exploitation of proven product with a ready-made audience, it is argued that, with a longevity stretching from Arthur Askey and his wartime Band Waggon (1940) to the crew of Kurupt FM and their recent People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021), the British sitcom spinoff can be interpreted as following a full generic ‘life cycle’. Starting with the ‘formative’ stage where works from Hi Gang! (1941) to I Only Arsked! (1958) establish the genre’s characteristics, the spinoff genre moves to its ‘classic’ stage where, secure for form and content, it enjoys considerable popular success with films like Till Death Us Do Part (1969), On the Buses (1971), The Likely Lads (1976) and Rising Damp (1980); the genre’s revival since the late-1990s reveals a more ‘parodic’ final stage, with films like The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) adopting a consciously self-reflective mode. It is also posited that the sitcom spinoff film is a viable source for social history, with the often-stereotypical re-presentations of characters and events an (often blatant) ideological metonym for the concerns of wider British society, notably in issues of class, race, gender and sexuality.

Author : Ethan Thompson,Jason Mittell
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780814763988

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How To Watch Television by Ethan Thompson,Jason Mittell Pdf

Examines social and cultural phenomena through the lens of different television shows We all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program’s cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context. How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. The contributors discuss a wide range of television programs past and present, covering many formats and genres, spanning fiction and non-fiction, broadcast and cable, providing a broad representation of the programs that are likely to be covered in a media studies course. While the book primarily focuses on American television, important programs with international origins and transnational circulation are also covered. Addressing television series from the medium’s earliest days to contemporary online transformations of television, How to Watch Television is designed to engender classroom discussion among television critics of all backgrounds.

Author : Patrice A. Oppliger,Eric Shouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030372149

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The Dark Side of Stand-Up Comedy by Patrice A. Oppliger,Eric Shouse Pdf

This book focuses on the “dark side” of stand-up comedy, initially inspired by speculations surrounding the death of comedian Robin Williams. Contributors, those who study humor as well as those who perform comedy, join together to contemplate the paradoxical relationship between tragedy and comedy and expose over-generalizations about comic performers’ troubled childhoods, addictions, and mental illnesses. The book is divided into two sections. First, scholars from a variety of disciplines explore comedians’ onstage performances, their offstage lives, and the relationship between the two. The second half of the book focuses on amateur and lesser-known professional comedians who reveal the struggles they face as they attempt to hone successful comedy acts and likable comic personae. The goal of this collection is to move beyond the hackneyed stereotype of the sad clown in order to reveal how stand-up comedy can transform both personal and collective tragedies by providing catharsis through humor.

Author : Anthony P. McIntyre
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030942557

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Contemporary Irish Popular Culture by Anthony P. McIntyre Pdf

This book uses popular culture to highlight the intersections and interplay between ideologies, technological advancement and mobilities as they shape contemporary Irish identities. Marshalling case studies drawn from a wide spectrum of popular culture, including the mediated construction of prominent sporting figures, Troubles-set sitcom Derry Girls, and poignant drama feature Philomena, Anthony P. McIntyre offers a wide-ranging discussion of contemporary Irishness, tracing its entanglement with notions of mobility, regionality and identity. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Irish studies, cultural studies, as well as film and media studies.

Author : V. Norris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137330949

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British Television Animation 1997-2010 by V. Norris Pdf

British Television Animation 1997-2010 charts a moment in TV history where UK comic animation graduated from the margins as part of a post-Simpsons broadcast landscape. Shows like Monkey Dust, Modern Toss and Stressed Eric not only reflected the times but they ushered in an era of ambition and belief in British adult animation.

Author : S. Colleary
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137343901

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Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy by S. Colleary Pdf

One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.

Author : Mark W. Patterson,Nancy Hoalst-Pullen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031390081

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The Geography of Beer by Mark W. Patterson,Nancy Hoalst-Pullen Pdf

This book focuses on the geography of beer in the contexts of policies, perceptions, and place. Chapters examine topics such as government policies (e.g., taxation, legislation, regulations), how beer and beerscapes are presented and perceived (e.g., marketing, neolocalism, roles of women, use of media), and the importance of place (e.g., terroir of ingredients, social and economic impacts of beer, beer clubs). Collectively, the chapters underscore political, cultural, urban, and human-environmental geographies that underlie beer, brewing, and the beer industry.

Author : Martin Fradley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748676408

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Shane Meadows by Martin Fradley Pdf

"e;From his breakthrough short films in the early 1990s and feature debut TwentyFourSeven (1997) through to the BAFTA-winning This Is England (2007) and hit television spin-off, director Shane Meadows has emerged as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in contemporary British cinema. Danny Perkins, CEO of StudioCanal UK, credits Meadows as the key figure in British film's contemporary renaissance, with This Is England "e;"e;doing more than any other [film] to change British audiences' attitudes"e;"e; to home-grown cinema. This book will explore the full range of Meadows' work, from its origins in local D.I.Y. media through to international festival acclaim. Over the course of its 15 chapters, it will present a comprehensive analysis of Meadows' oeuvre to date, situating it in the context of British cinema history as well as wider cultural changes from the nineties to now. "e;

Author : David A. Gerstner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136761812

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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture by David A. Gerstner Pdf

The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (GLBTQ) life and culture post-1945, with a strong international approach to the subject.The scope of the work is extremely comprehensive, with entries falling into the broad categories of Dance, Education, Film, Health, Homophobia, the Int