Genre and Television From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture

Genre and Televisionproposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs fromdragnettoThe Simpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.Mittell, Jason is the author of 'Genre and Television From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415969031 and ISBN 0415969034.