Television and the Moving Body
To watch television is to watch bodies in motion: walking, dancing, cooking, fighting, running, playing, travelling, and so on. Television and the Moving Body presents the first detailed exploration of the moving body on television. It analyses different types of movement, including walking, dancing, sports, and craft, outlining how these different movement profiles are employed to construct time, tell stories, work through cultural issues, and foster empathy.
Through a range of case studies across different genres and formats, including Gogglebox, The West Wing, Taskmaster, The Repair Shop, Strictly Come Dancing and Sense8, this book examines what television’s moving bodies tell us both about normative ideas of movement and identity, and about television itself.

1145014759
Television and the Moving Body
To watch television is to watch bodies in motion: walking, dancing, cooking, fighting, running, playing, travelling, and so on. Television and the Moving Body presents the first detailed exploration of the moving body on television. It analyses different types of movement, including walking, dancing, sports, and craft, outlining how these different movement profiles are employed to construct time, tell stories, work through cultural issues, and foster empathy.
Through a range of case studies across different genres and formats, including Gogglebox, The West Wing, Taskmaster, The Repair Shop, Strictly Come Dancing and Sense8, this book examines what television’s moving bodies tell us both about normative ideas of movement and identity, and about television itself.

115.0 Pre Order
Television and the Moving Body

Television and the Moving Body

by Zoë Shacklock
Television and the Moving Body

Television and the Moving Body

by Zoë Shacklock

Hardcover

$115.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Available for Pre-Order. This item will be released on November 30, 2024
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Store Pickup available after publication date.

Related collections and offers


Overview

To watch television is to watch bodies in motion: walking, dancing, cooking, fighting, running, playing, travelling, and so on. Television and the Moving Body presents the first detailed exploration of the moving body on television. It analyses different types of movement, including walking, dancing, sports, and craft, outlining how these different movement profiles are employed to construct time, tell stories, work through cultural issues, and foster empathy.
Through a range of case studies across different genres and formats, including Gogglebox, The West Wing, Taskmaster, The Repair Shop, Strictly Come Dancing and Sense8, this book examines what television’s moving bodies tell us both about normative ideas of movement and identity, and about television itself.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399511377
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2024
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Television
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Dr Zoë Shacklock is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on the body in contemporary television, with particular interests in movement, queerness and empathy.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Moving Along: Flow and Seriality

Chapter 2. Walking and Talking

Chapter 3. Sport

Chapter 4. Making and Mending

Chapter 5. Choreography

Chapter 6. Empathy

Bibliography

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews