Knots Landing by Nick Salvato (English) Paperback Book

Description: Knots Landing by Nick Salvato Fans of the series as well as readers interested in popular culture, television history, representations of gender, and constructions of celebrity will find much to enjoy in this volume. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Airing on CBS for fourteen seasons (1979-93), Knots Landing was a spinoff of the popular drama Dallas, but ultimately ran longer and took a very different tone on domestic, social, and economic issues than its predecssor. In the first full-length scholarly study of Knots Landing, Nick Salvato situates the series in its economic and industrial contexts, addresses its surprisingly progressive relationship to the American politics of its period, offers close formal interpretations of noteworthy episodes, and unpacks the pleasures of the programs sensuous surfaces.While it has been largely overlooked in studies of 1980s television, Knots Landing nonetheless beat more masculine fare like Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law in the ratings, introduced a novel focus on middle-class lives in melodrama, and launched or revived the careers of its major stars. In this study Salvato investigates the series place in widespread serialization of American primetime television in the early 1980s and the end of network dominance in the early 1990s, along with its unique relationship to Reaganism and glamour, on the one hand, and everydayness and suburbanization, on the other. Salvato also looks at the series in relation to key concepts such as memory, theatricality, identification, ""quality"" TV, and stardom.Fans of the series as well as readers interested in popular culture, television history, representations of gender, and constructions of celebrity will find much to enjoy in this volume. Author Biography Nick Salvato is associate professor of performing and media arts at Cornell University, USA. He is also the author of Uncloseting Drama: American Modernism and Queer Performance. Review Thoroughly knowledgeable about this long-running series, from its production history to its cast of characters, Nick Salvato has written a book grounded in careful viewing and a model of ingenious and incisive thinking about popular culture. Fans of Knots Landing (but not only fans) will be delighted with the result.--Steven Sanders "author of Miami Vice (Wayne State University Press, 2010) " Promotional Examines Knots Landing in its industrial and political contexts and from fresh aesthetic and theoretical perspectives. Review Quote Thoroughly knowledgeable about this long-running series, from its production history to its cast of characters, Nick Salvato has written a book grounded in careful viewing and a model of ingenious and incisive thinking about popular culture. Fans of Knots Landing (but not only fans) will be delighted with the result. Promotional "Headline" Examines Knots Landing in its industrial and political contexts and from fresh aesthetic and theoretical perspectives. Details ISBN0814340334 Author Nick Salvato Short Title KNOTS LANDING Pages 152 Publisher Wayne State University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814340334 ISBN-13 9780814340332 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Imprint Wayne State University Press Place of Publication Detroit, MI Country of Publication United States Birth 1978 AU Release Date 2015-05-01 NZ Release Date 2015-05-01 UK Release Date 2015-05-01 Series TV Milestones Series DEWEY 791.4572 Illustrations 13 illustrations Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publication Date 2015-05-31 US Release Date 2015-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131394371;

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