Teenage Audiences and British Period Drama

2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-58318-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

This book provides an engaging insight into the responses of teenage audiences to British period drama, presenting original data collected from young people across England. Situated in relation to debates regarding the heritage film and young people’s consumption of the media, Teenage Audiences and British Period Drama challenges the often homogenous characterisation of teenagers by demonstrating the range of responses this genre inspires in young viewers.

Arguing for the period drama’s underestimated relevance to younger audiences, the book details the varied ways that young people use film and television drama to make sense of the world and their place in it, and highlights the under-researched significance of collective viewing in influencing viewer response. Analysis demonstrates the key role that values play in influencing judgements amongst youth audiences, the importance of perceived historical accuracy and the potential for screen texts to inspire a deeper relationship with the past.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galpin, Shelley Anne

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Period Drama and Young Audiences The Foundations of the ResearchChapter 2: Study Design and Data Collection.- Chapter 3:  ‘Kids Today’ Teenagers in England in 2017/18.- Chapter 4: Love and Loathing The Responses to the Dramas.- Chapter 5: Values, Emotion, Identity: Responses to Character.- Chapter 6: Style Over Substance? Adaptation and Authenticity in the Period Drama.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Shelley Anne Galpin is a Lecturer at King’s College London, having previously taught at a number of UK universities including the University of York, Royal Holloway and Goldsmiths. Prior to her academic career, she worked for several years in the secondary and further education sectors in London.