Ancient Greece on British television /
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television's distinctive audiovisual languages, and in rela...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Screening antiquity.
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| Summary: | Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television's distinctive audiovisual languages, and in relation also to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past. Through ten case studies drawn from feature programs, educational broadcasts, children's animation, theater play productions, dramatic fiction and documentaries broadcast across the decades, this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474412599 1474412599 |