The first and only book length study of British screenwriter, director and producer Sally Wainwright. Authors Gorton and Johnson brings together Wainwright's key television series and television films with theoretical work on the concept of emotion and feminist television criticism, exploring Wainwright's contributions to British television through the heroic female characters she creates. The book covers a wide range of theoretical work on melodrama, genre and emotion to explore Wainwright's televisual texts, offering analysis of globally recognised television series such as Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, and Gentleman Jack. -- .
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
26 black and white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 145 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-4287-0 (9781526142870)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kristyn Gorton is Professor of Film and Television at the University of Leeds
Beth Johnson is Professor of Television and Media Studies at the University of Leeds -- .
Introduction
1 Women, television and the North
2 Family melodrama
3 Heroic women
4 Feminist inheritance
Conclusion: Feminist futures
Appendix: Interviewing Sally Wainwright
Index -- .
