An innovative and original new study, Television, Memory and Nostalgia re-imagines the relationship between the medium and its forms of memory and remembrance through a series of case studies of British and North American programmes and practices....
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An innovative and original new study, Television, Memory and Nostalgia re-imagines the relationship between the medium and its forms of memory and remembrance through a series of case studies of British and North American programmes and practices. These include ER, Grey's Anatomy, The Wire, Who Do You Think You Are?, and Life on Mars
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Half the World Away: Television, Space, Time and Memory; 2 Haunting the Memory: Moments of Return in Television Drama; 3 Who Do You Think You Are? Memory and Identity in the Family History Documentary; 4 Safe Returns: Nostalgia and Television; 5 Television's Afterlife: Memory, the Museum and Material Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
