Heroes in Contemporary British Culture Television Drama and Reflections of a Nation in Change
Falkenhayner, Nicole
Heroes in Contemporary British Culture Television Drama and Reflections of a Nation in Change - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 - 1 online resource - Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies .
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This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama. Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama and contextualises the programmes within British public discourses at the time of their production, original broadcasting and first reception. British television drama is a cultural forum in which contemporary Britain's problems, wishes and cultural values are revealed and debated. By revealing the tensions in contemporary notions of heroes and heroisms, television drama employs the heroic as a lens through which to scrutinise contemporary British society and its responses to crisis and change. Looking back on the development of heroic representations in British television drama over the last twenty years, this book's analyses show how heroisation in television drama reacts to, and reveals shifts in, British structures of feeling in a time marked by insecurity. The book is ideal for readers interested in British cultural studies, studies of the heroic and popular culture.
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Heroes in Contemporary British Culture Television Drama and Reflections of a Nation in Change - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 - 1 online resource - Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies .
Free-to-read
This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama. Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama and contextualises the programmes within British public discourses at the time of their production, original broadcasting and first reception. British television drama is a cultural forum in which contemporary Britain's problems, wishes and cultural values are revealed and debated. By revealing the tensions in contemporary notions of heroes and heroisms, television drama employs the heroic as a lens through which to scrutinise contemporary British society and its responses to crisis and change. Looking back on the development of heroic representations in British television drama over the last twenty years, this book's analyses show how heroisation in television drama reacts to, and reveals shifts in, British structures of feeling in a time marked by insecurity. The book is ideal for readers interested in British cultural studies, studies of the heroic and popular culture.
Open licence
eng
9780367653668 9780367653675 9781003129141
10.4324/9781003129141 doi
Communications engineering / telecommunications
Creative writing and creative writing guides
Cultural and media studies
Cultural studies
Economics, Finance, Business and Management
Electronics and communications engineering
European history
History and Archaeology
History
Industry and industrial studies
Language and Linguistics
Language: reference and general
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
Media studies
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
Performing arts
Popular culture
Screenwriting techniques
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
Television technology
Television
The Arts
Travel and holiday guides
Travel and holiday
Aesthetic strategy Arthurian Legend Brexit Britain Britain British Crime Drama British culture British Spy Fiction British television drama British Television Drama British TV CIA Plan Contemporary Societies Crime Drama culture Dead Man DVD Cover Feral Youth Formula Fantasy Generation Tv genre hero Hero's Journey Heroes Heroisation heroism Luther Misfits Night Manager Nordic Noir Pop Culture Popular Culture Robin Hood Soldier Heroism Spy Drama Spy Fiction television Television Drama The Last Kingdom tv Tv Detective Twenty-first century UK UK Independence Party UK Television values Young Man
