Searching the catalog for television criticism
When searching the online catalog for television criticism, there are 2 subject headings used in this catalog and they are listed below.
The books are scattered throughout the range PN 1992 on Baker Level 4.
I included the keyword searches for "television criticism" and "tv criticism" because you end up getting different results. When you try to combine the searches, such as "(television or tv) criticism)," you get such different results that I decided to leave it out.
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Introductory reading(s)
The hour of television: critical approaches by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.5 .B36 1987ISBN: 9780810819894
Play all: a bingewatcher's notebook by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .S4 J36 2016ISBN: 9780300218091A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen.
Re-viewing television history: critical issues in television historiography by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.2 .R48 2007ISBN: 9781845111885Written by leading scholars in the field, this book is an internationally relevant, cutting-edge reassessment of both current methods and practices in television historiography and of assumptions and critical common places about television history itself. The book focuses on debates about the canon, on texts, on production and institutions, on viewers, and the interconnections between these distinct areas. ...
Television: critical methods and applications by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.6 .B86 2002ISBN: 9781135635404
Television criticism by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .C7 O33 2013ISBN: 9781412991056Publication Date: 2nd ed.Television Criticism presents an original treatment of television criticism with a foundational approach to the nature of criticism. Readers gain an understanding of the business of television and production, a background in creating television style and are presented with in-depth chapters on storytelling, narrative theories, and television genres. ...
Feminist television theory
Cheeky dames: British and American perspectives on modern feminism in film and television by Call Number: Baker-Berry LD 1447.7 .M83 2010 and other locationsThesis (M.A.L.S.)--Dartmouth College, 2010
The feminist, the housewife, and the soap opera by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .S4 B78 2000ISBN: 9780198159803The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera traces the history of the feminist engagement with soap opera using a wide range of sources from programme publicity to interviews with key soap opera scholars. The book reveals that feminist scholarship on soap opera was a significant site of which the identity 'feminist intellectual' was produced in dialogue with her imagined other, the soap opera watching housewife. The book integrates personal autobiographical accounts within a broader history which traces both the move from 'women's liberation' to 'Feminism', and the acceptance of soap opera as a serious object of study.
Third wave feminism and television: Jane puts it in a box by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .W65 T45 2007ISBN: 9781845112455The sexual politics of television culture is the territory covered by this ground-breaking book - the first to demonstrate the ways in which third wave feminist television studies approaches and illuminates mainstream TV. Leading voices in third wave feminism focus on innovative US television shows, including The Sopranos, Oz, Six Feet Under, The L Word and the reality-TV show The Bachelor to take a closer look at the contradictions and reciprocities between feminism and television, engaging as they go in theoretical and critical conversations about media culture, third wave feminism, feminist spectatorship, the sex wars, and the politics of visual pleasure. ...
Selected book title(s)
Critiquing the sitcom: a reader by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .C66 C75 2003ISBN: 9780815629832This is the first anthology that examines the TV sitcom in terms of its treatment of gender, family, class, race, and ethnic issues. The selections range from early shows such as I Remember Mama (George Lipsitz's "Why Remember Mama? The Changing Face of a Woman's Narrative") to the more recent Roseanne (Kathleen Rowe Karlyn's "Roseanne: Unruly Woman as a Domestic Goddess"). The volume also looks unflinchingly at major controversies; for example, the NAACP boycott of the stereotypical yet wildly popular Amos 'n' Andy and the queer reading of Laverne and Shirley. ...
Film and video: alternative views by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995 .K669 2005ISBN: 9781570271663American anarchist critic Richard Kostelanetz remains a prolific force and a unique independent voice. This book presents a selections of his writings on film and video. Representing radical alternatives, he writes with uncommon perception not only about familiar issues but also about films customarily forgotten -- and always with his customary clarity. Also included are prefaces and transcripts from his own films and videos.
Inventing television culture : men, women, and the box by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.3 .G7 T49 2004ISBN: 0198742231
The perverse gaze of sympathy : sadomasochistic sentiments from Clarissa to Rescue 911 by Call Number: Baker/Berry PR 830 .S45 H56 1999ISBN: 079144340X
Television and criticism by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.6 .T3795 2008ISBN: 1841501476Television and Criticism unites distinguished scholars from the fields of literary criticism, media studies, and film studies to challenge the traditional boundaries between high and low culture.
TV critics and popular culture : a history of British television criticism by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.8 .C7 R59 2011ISBN: 184885319XEver since the first scheduled television broadcasts began in the 1930s, newspapers and magazines took quickly to reviewing this revolutionary new medium. The task of television criticism in the public domain intially fell to radio critics and journalists, but the 1950s saw the rise of the dedicated TV critic. These critics, including Peter Black, Philip Pursor, and Clive James, played an important part in shaping the public discourse about television.
Finding scholarly articles and selected journal title(s)
For articles on television criticism, you can use the resources listed below or use the search box at the top of the page.
Journal of popular film & television by Call Number: Electronic journalThe primary purpose of the Journal of Popular Film and Television is to provide a representative cross section of critical-cultural perspectives and to broaden the existing literature to include the “public visions” of popular filmmakers and television showrunners, economic and industrial factors, and an emphasis on the complex role of audiences in the development of film and television as art forms and wide-reaching socio-cultural forces.
Film & television literature indexCall Number: Electronic resourceThis index covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television. About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Web of science citation databases by Call Number: Electronic resourceThe online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.
Online resources
- Metacritic
Metacritic uses a single score to summarize a number of critiques of various television programs. - Television and the Practice of “Criticism”
A posting from FlowTV. - Television Critics Association
The Television Critics Association represents more than 200 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada. - TV Guide Magazine
This is the online edition.
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