Brunsdon, Charlotte
Screen Tastes: From Soap Opera to Satellite Dishes
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415121552
- author:
- Brunsdon, Charlotte
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1997
- Pages:
- 192
- Genre:
- Media studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Charlotte Brunsdon analyses a range of contemporary film and television programmes, including British soap operas and Hollywood movies. She explores the pleasures and meanings these texts offer to women viewers, as well as the language of criticism, particularly feminist criticism, and the aesthetics of popular culture. Brunsdon examines topics such as 'quality' in television, 'race' politics in the television crime series, and the impact of satellite dishes on British homes. Her work contributes to the development of a feminist cultural studies agenda in the 1980s and 1990s, addressing issues like 'shopping films', deregulation of public service broadcasting, and feminist teaching. This book documents an important contribution to cultural studies at a time of significant change in global television.
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