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A rich and nuanced approach to class and its mediation through contemporary British television drama, this collection responds to the precarity that circulates and constricts in ‘Austerity Britain’, pre- and post-Brexit. The book self-consciously eschews obvious class-bound texts such as Shameless and Downton Abbey, offering fresh perspectives and insights on popular programmes such as This is England and Happy Valley. Although class is a central theme, the contributors also draw on theoretical work on emotion, gender and ethnicity. - - Kristyn Gorton, University of York, UK. This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television drama and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays, soap operas and period drama, the volume demonstrates how class provides a bridge across multiple genres and traditions of television drama. The authors trace this thematic emphasis into the present day, offering fascinating new insights into the national conversation around class and identity in Britain today. The chapters engage with a range of topics including authorial explorations of Stephen Poliakoff and Jimmy McGovern, case studies of television performers Maxine Peake and Jimmy Nail, and discussions of the sitcom genre and animation form. This book offers new perspectives on popular British television shows such as Goodnight Sweetheart and Footballers’ Wives, and analysis of more recent series such as Peaky Blinders and This is England. .

Culture --- Ethnology --- Motion pictures and television. --- Cultural studies. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Film and Television Studies. --- British Culture. --- Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Europe. --- Television plays, English --- Television programs --- History and criticism. --- English television plays --- Moving-pictures and television --- Television and motion pictures --- Television --- Cultural studies --- English drama --- Ethnology—Europe. --- Screen Studies.

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"This volume highlights women's progress in geology, including past struggles and how remarkable individuals overcame them. Topics include the first American women researchers in Antarctica, Hollywood's casting of women as geologists, social media campaigns, and the stories of the Association for Women Geoscientists and the Earth Science Women's Network"--Provided by publisher.

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This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts. It brings together scholars working in literary studies, screen studies, sociology and cultural studies whose research interests lie in the aesthetics and cultural politics of youth. It contributes to, and extends, contemporary theoretical perspectives around youth and youth cultures. Contributors examine a range of topics, including ‘bad girl’ fiction of the 1950s, novels by subcultural writers such as Colin MacInnes, Alex Wheatle and Courttia Newland, as well as screen representations of Mods, the 1990s Rave culture, heavy metal, and the Manchester scene. Others explore interventions into subcultural theory with respect to metal, subcultural locations, abjection, graffiti cultures, and the potential of subcultures to resist dominant power frameworks in both historical and contemporary contexts.

History. --- Culture --- Youth --- History, Modern. --- Civilization --- Social history. --- Cultural History. --- Modern History. --- Social History. --- Youth Culture. --- Cultural Theory. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Cultural history --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Cultural studies --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Study and teaching. --- Social life and customs. --- Motion pictures and youth. --- Motion pictures --- Youth in literature. --- Social aspects. --- Moving-pictures and youth --- Youth and motion pictures --- Civilization-History. --- Youth-Social life and customs. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Civilization—History. --- Youth—Social life and customs. --- Culture—Study and teaching.

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"This thoroughly revised and updated third edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the various approaches to the field, explaining why media messages matter, how media businesses prosper and why media is integral to defining contemporary life. The text is divided into three parts - Media Texts and Meanings; Producing Media; and Media and Social Contexts - exploring the ways in which various media forms make meaning; are produced and regulated; and how society, culture and history are defined by such forms. Encouraging students to actively engage in media research and analysis, each chapter seeks to guide readers through key questions and ideas in order to empower them to develop their own scholarship, expertise and investigations of the media worlds in which we live. Fully updated to reflect the contemporary media environment, the third edition includes new case studies covering topics such as Brexit, podcasts, Love Island, Captain Marvel, Black Lives Matter, Netflix, data politics, the Kardashians, President Trump, 'fake news', the post-Covid world and perspectives on global media forms. This is an essential introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media studies, cultural studies, communication studies, film studies, the sociology of the media and popular culture"--

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