Genre and television from cop shows to cartoons in American culture / [Book :]
Jason Mittell.
- 1st.ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- xviii, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-227) and index.
Television genres as cultural categories -- Before the scandals: genre historiography and the cultural history of the quiz show -- From Saturday morning to around the clock: the industrial practices of television cartoons -- Audiences talk genres: talk shows and the intersections of taste and identity -- Policing genres: Dragnet's texts and generic contexts -- Making fun of genres: the politics of parody and genre mixing in Soap and The Simpsons.
All age.
0415969026 0415969034 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2003027169
Television serials--United States. Television program genres--United States.