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Beschreibung
In TV Socialism, AnikÓ Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western media, a steady production of varied genre entertainment, elements of European public service broadcasting, and transcultural, multi-lingual reception practices. These televisual practices challenge conventional understandings of culture under socialism, divisions between East and West, and the divide between socialism and postsocialism. Taking a broad regional perspective encompassing Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Imre foregrounds continuities between socialist television and the region’s shared imperial histories, including the programming trends, distribution patterns, and reception practices that extended into postsocialism. Television, she argues, is key to understanding European socialist cultures and to making sense of developments after the end of the Cold War and the enduring global legacy of socialism.
In TV Socialism, AnikÓ Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western media, a steady production of varied genre entertainment, elements of European public service broadcasting, and transcultural, multi-lingual reception practices. These televisual practices challenge conventional understandings of culture under socialism, divisions between East and West, and the divide between socialism and postsocialism. Taking a broad regional perspective encompassing Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Imre foregrounds continuities between socialist television and the region’s shared imperial histories, including the programming trends, distribution patterns, and reception practices that extended into postsocialism. Television, she argues, is key to understanding European socialist cultures and to making sense of developments after the end of the Cold War and the enduring global legacy of socialism.
Über den Autor
AnikÓ Imre is Associate Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the New Europe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Why Do We Need to Talk about Socialism and TV? 1

Part I. Genres of Realism and Reality

1. From Socialist Realism to Emotional Realism 27

2. Tele-education 40

3. Crime Appeal 66

4. The Great Socialist Game (Show) 83

5. Postsocialist Ethno-Racial Reality TV 108

Part II. Genres of History

6. The Historical Adventure Drama 133

7. Postsocialist Nostalgia and European Historical Drama 155

8. Commercials as Time-Space Machines 173

Part III. Genres of Fiction

9. Women and TV 187

10. Socialist Soaps 199

Part IV. Genres of Humor

11. Socialist Comedy 227

12. (Post)socialist Political Satire 242

Afterword. Afterward 257

Notes 261

Bibliography 299

Index 311
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780822360995
ISBN-10: 0822360993
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Imre, Anikó
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 228 x 151 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Anikó Imre
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2016
Gewicht: 0,485 kg
Artikel-ID: 127744814