Heroes in Contemporary British Culture
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, Spo...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1459822025-07-21T15:44:52Z Heroes in Contemporary British Culture Korte, Barbara Falkenhayner, Nicole Heroes,hero,heroism,tv,television,UK,Britain,British TV,Popular Culture,Pop Culture,Robin Hood,The Last Kingdom,genre,Luther,Misfits,values,culture,Twenty-first century,Heroisation,Aesthetic strategy,British television drama,British culture,Young Man,Hero's Journey,CIA Plan,DVD Cover,Nordic Noir,British Television Drama,Contemporary Societies,Soldier Heroism,Tv Detective,Robin Hood,Spy Drama,Television Drama,Spy Fiction,Feral Youth,Crime Drama,Formula Fantasy,British Crime Drama,British Spy Fiction,UK Independence Party,UK Television,Brexit Britain,Generation Tv,Dead Man,Arthurian Legend,Night Manager thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CB Language: reference and general::CBV Creative writing and creative writing guides::CBVS Screenwriting techniques thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications::TJKV Television technology thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WT Travel and holiday::WTH Travel and holiday guides thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CB Language: reference and general::CBV Creative writing and creative writing guides::CBVS Screenwriting techniques thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications::TJKV Television technology thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WT Travel and holiday::WTH Travel and holiday guides 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. 2024-09-27T04:05:31Z 2024-09-27T04:05:31Z 2024-09-26T13:39:36Z 2021 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93636 9781003129141 9780367653668 9780367653675 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/145982 eng Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003129141 10.4324/9781003129141 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter Introduction 9781003129141 9780367653668 9780367653675 Routledge open access |
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