Televising history
Subtitle: mediating the past in post-war Europe
By: edited by Erin Bell, Ann Gray.
Contributors: Bell, Erin, 1975-; Gray, Ann, 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780230222083
Subjects: Historical television programs -- Europe -- History and criticism; Documentary television programs -- Europe -- History and criticism; Documentary-style television programs -- Europe; Television and history -- Europe; History on television
Description: "This fascinating essay collection examines the representation of history on television in Europe from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, including case studies from Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Yugoslavia"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction / E. Bell & A. Gray; title: PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES. 'Once Upon A Time...': Visual Design and Documentary Openings / J.Corner; title: History on Television: The Problem of Sources / L. Cigognetti & P. Sorlin; title: Combatting 'A Message Without a Code': Writing the 'History' Documentary / B. Winston; title: Contexts of Production: Commissioning History / A. Gray; title: Beyond The Witness: The Layering of Historical Testimonies on British Television / E. Bell; title: PART TWO: TELEVISED HISTORY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY. Staging Historical Leaders on French Television: The Example of Napoleon Bonaparte / I. Veyrat-Masson; title: Landscape and Memory: British Television Documentaries about the First World War / E. Hanna; title: Mediated Collective Memory and the Political Process Towards Democracy in Spain: An Analysis of the Spanish TV Historical Documentary Series La Transicin/  S. Hernandez Corchete; title: PART THREE: TELEVISED HISTORY, MEMORY AND IDENTITY. Television Fiction, A Domain of Memory: Retelling the Past on Dutch Television / S. de Leeuw; title: Public Service Truth-Telling? Reality Bites and the BBC in Northern Ireland / A. Blaney; title: Women and War /  M. Rohringer; title: History in Popular Television Drama: The Flemish past in Wij, Heren van Zichem / A. Dhoest; title: PART THREE: HISTORY PROGRAMMING: FORM, GENRE, TECHNIQUE. 'I Feel Completely Beautiful For the First Time In My Life': Bodily Re-Enactment and Reality Documentary / J. de Groot; title: (Re)Constructing Biographies: German Television Docudrama and the Historical Biography / T. Ebbrecht; title: Flog It!: Nostalgia and Lifestyle on British Daytime Television / I. Kleinecke; title: Who Do You Think You Are? Family History and Memory on British Television / A. Holdsworth.