Melodrama: Genre, Style, and Sensibility (Short Cuts)
John Mercer is a lecturer in Film and Media Studies and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. Martin Shingler is the co-author ofOn Air: Methods and Meanings in Radio(Arnold) with Cindy Wieringa. He has contibuted toScreen Acting(Routledge) andHollywood Spectatorship(BFI).