Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

Ryan, Kathleen M. [Editor]; Macey, Deborah A. [Editor]; Aho, Tanja N. [Contributor]; Betancourt, Andrée E. C. [Contributor]; Duvall, Amy C. [Contributor]; Hall, Jennifer G. [Contributor]; Johnson, Michael [Contributor]; Kahlenberg, Susan G. [Contributor]; McClain, Amanda S. [Contributor]; McKernan, Brian [Contributor]; Miller, Cynthia J. [Contributor]; Piotrowski, Marcelina [Contributor]; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin [Contributor]; Rosenberg, Leah A. [Contributor]; Staton, David [Contributor]; Stiffler, Ellen E. [Contributor]; Webb, Lynne M. [Contributor]; Wright, Robin Redmond [Contributor]; Wu, Jingsi Christina [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 149851104X / ISBN 13: 9781498511049

Published by Lexington Books, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149851104X
• ISBN 13: 9781498511049
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 12 ounces

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Synopsis

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that shape and reflect the world and our role in it. Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation brings together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the role television plays in shaping our understanding of self and family. This edited collection’s rich and diverse research demonstrates how television plays an important role in negotiating self, and goes far beyond the treacly “very special” episodes found in family sit-coms in the 1980s. Instead, the authors show how television reflects our reality and helps us to sort out what it means to be a twenty-first-century man or woman.

About the Author

Cynthia J. Miller is a Scholar-in-Residence at Emerson College, USA, and a cultural anthropologist specializing in popular culture and visual media. She serves on the board of the National Popular Culture/American Culture Association, and is Treasurer and Governing Board member of the International Association for Media and History, as well as Director of Communication for the Center for the Study of Film and History. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Popular Television. She is the winner of the James Welsh Prize for lifetime achievement in adaptation studies and the Peter C. Rollins prize for a book-length work in popular culture.