Public Representations

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Screen Stories, Narrative, and the Public Sphere

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

1 279 kr

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Public Representations explores how popular screen stories represent, and interact with, politics, governance, and the public sphere. It analyses a selection of recent films and broadcast, cable, and streaming series from the US and the UK, as well as a multi-decade survey of comparable Canadian films and series. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship and popular media commentary, Public Representations considers questions of narrative representation, political agency, and conditions of screen story production as they intersect with race and gender. Using a rich array of paratexts, including online and legacy media reviews, interviews, news reports and feature coverage, as well as metrics such as production budgets, box office figures, and awards, Public Representations traces the ways in which these screen stories function as frames of reference, and sites of contestation, for the most urgent issues within the contemporary public sphere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-04-14
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt1 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor448
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487503871

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Film inom Kultur
Medievetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhalle och politik
Statsskick och politiska processer inom Samhalle och politik

List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Narrative, Representations, Publics2. “It Ain’t Right”: Narrative Unease and the American Public Sphere3. “And Then You Have to Bring in the Women”: Gender, Race, and American Public Narrative 4. American Tragedies: Race, War, Narrative, Genre 5. “She’s My President”: Gender, Politics, and the American Small Screen 6. “A Confederacy of Elected Quitters”: English Public Sphere Narratives 7. “As Canadian as Possible, Under the Circumstances”: Public Sphere Screen Stories and Small Markets 8. Conclusion: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics 9. Afterword: (A Narrative About) Teaching Public Sphere Narrative References Index