Author

Publication

2016-06-03 - Duke University Press Books

Language

English

Word Count

82,000 words, Guess

Page Count

328 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100822360993
  • ISBN-139780822360995
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016005266
  • OCLC Control Number939911183
  • Better World Books9780822360995
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Classifications

  • LCCPN1992.3.E8I47 2016
  • LCCPN1992.3.E8 I47 2016

Description

In TV Socialism, Anikó Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western media, a steady production of varied genre entertainment, elements of European public service broadcasting, and transcultural, multi-lingual reception practices. These televisual practices challenge conventional understandings of culture under socialism, divisions between East and West, and the divide between socialism and postsocialism. Taking a broad regional perspective encompassing Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Imre foregrounds continuities between socialist television and the region’s shared imperial histories, including the programming trends, distribution patterns, and reception practices that extended into postsocialism. Television, she argues, is key to understanding European socialist cultures and to making sense of developments after the end of the Cold War and the enduring global legacy of socialism. --

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  • TV SocialismPaperbackDuke University Press Books2016-06-03

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