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National Mythologies in Central European TV Series: How J. R. Won the Cold War
Jan Culik (Ed.)
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Description for National Mythologies in Central European TV Series: How J. R. Won the Cold War
Hardcover. Editor(s): Culik, Jan. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DF; APF; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
This is the first ever international comparative study of the mythologies which popular TV series in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania -- made before and after the fall of communism -- disseminate in their societies. Popular television broadcasting has had an enormous impact on the general public's beliefs and values, East and West. From the outset, the communist systems of Central and East Europe used entertainment television programming to instil the regimes' values in the viewer. And indeed popular television still exerts a major impact on these fairly homogeneous societies. Up to date research about current social values and ... Read more
This is the first ever international comparative study of the mythologies which popular TV series in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania -- made before and after the fall of communism -- disseminate in their societies. Popular television broadcasting has had an enormous impact on the general public's beliefs and values, East and West. From the outset, the communist systems of Central and East Europe used entertainment television programming to instil the regimes' values in the viewer. And indeed popular television still exerts a major impact on these fairly homogeneous societies. Up to date research about current social values and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195960
SKU
V9781845195960
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Ref
99-41
About Jan Culik (Ed.)
Jan Culik is Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He conducts research into social self-examination and myth-making in Central Europe, using literature, cinema and television as material culture.
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