PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism

The Impossible Woman

Television, Feminism, and the Future

by Kristen Hoerl

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781978842526

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-11-11

Format: Paperback

206 Pages

The Golden Girls

Tales from the Lanai

Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L Martin Jr.

Contributions by Peter C. Kunze, Jessica Hoover, Taylor Cole Miller, Kate Fortmueller, Andrew Owens, Claire Sewell, Beth L Boser, Jared Clayton Brown, Ashleé Clark, Ken Feil, Ben Aslinger, Alfred L Martin Jr. and Eleanor Patterson

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978836846

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-09-09

Format: Paperback

214 Pages

Lear’s Other Shadow

A Cultural History of Queen Lear

by Thomas G. Olsen

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781644533550

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Pub Date: 2025-03-11

Format: Paperback

260 Pages

Rewriting Television

by Alison Peirse

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978839618

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-01-14

Format: Paperback

190 Pages

Blessings Beyond the Binary

Transparent and the Queer Jewish Family

Edited by Nora Rubel and Brett Krutzsch

Contributions by Josh Lambert, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Martin Shuster, Jodi Eichler-Levine, Sarah Bunin Benor, Jarrod Tanny, Shaul Magid, Jennifer Glaser, Kathryn Lofton, Shari Rabin, Joshua Falek, Kerstin Steitz, Marilyn Reizbaum and Warren Hoffman

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781978838796

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-09-13

Format: Paperback

300 Pages

Performing the News

Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality

by Elia Powers

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781978836679

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-09-13

Format: Paperback

228 Pages

Locker Room Talk

A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside

by Melissa Ludtke

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9781978837782

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-08-16

Format: Hardcover

374 Pages

Funny Boy

The Richard Hunt Biography

by Jessica Max Stein

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781978836716

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-03-15

Format: Hardcover

346 Pages

There She Goes Again

Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises

by Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781978836112

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-12-15

Format: Paperback

212 Pages

Watching While Black Rebooted!

The Television and Digitality of Black Audiences

Edited by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade

Foreword by Herman S. Gray

Contributions by Eric Pierson, Christine Acham, Michael Boyce Gillespie, Felicia D Henderson, TreaAndrea M. Russworm, Nghana Lewis, Adrien Sebro, Alfred L Martin Jr., Briana Barner, Shelleen Greene, Brandy Monk-Payton, Beretta E. Smith-Shomade and Jacqueline Johnson

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781978830028

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-11-10

Format: Paperback

252 Pages

Scratchin' and Survivin'

Hustle Economics and the Black Sitcoms of Tandem Productions

by Adrien Sebro

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781978834835

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-11-10

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Mainstreaming Gays

Critical Convergences of Queer Media, Fan Cultures, and Commercial Television

by Eve Ng

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781978831339

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-09-15

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

Maid for Television

Race, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy

by L. S. Kim

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781978826991

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-08-11

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

George's Run

A Writer's Journey through the Twilight Zone

by Henry Chamberlain

Price: $27.95

ISBN: 9781978834200

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-05-12

Format: Paperback

226 Pages

The Synchronized Society

Time and Control From Broadcasting to the Internet

by Randall Patnode

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781978820098

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-03-17

Format: Paperback

252 Pages

Elena, Princesa of the Periphery

Disney’s Flexible Latina Girl

by Diana Leon-Boys

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978830172

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-03-17

Format: Paperback

182 Pages

Prestige Television

Cultural and Artistic Value in Twenty-First-Century America

Edited by Seth Friedman and Amanda Keeler

Contributions by David R. Coon, Amanda Keeler, Murray Leeder, Catherine Martin, Javier Ramirez, Justin O. Rawlins, Andrew J. Bottomley, Seth Friedman, Wyatt D. Phillips and Josie Torres Barth

Price: $35.95

ISBN: 9781978818262

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-11-11

Format: Paperback

240 Pages

The American Historical Imaginary

Contested Narratives of the Past

by Caroline Guthrie

Price: $27.95

ISBN: 9781978818804

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-10-14

Format: Paperback

162 Pages

Broadcasting Hollywood

The Struggle over Feature Films on Early TV

by Jennifer Porst

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9780813596211

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-09-17

Format: Paperback

250 Pages

Very Special Episodes

Televising Industrial and Social Change

Edited by Jonathan Cohn and Jennifer Porst

Contributions by Jonathan Cohn, Jennifer Porst, Reba Wissner, Philip Scepanski, Barbara Selznick, David Scott Diffrient, Lindsay Giggey, Erin Copple Smith, Ron Becker, Erin Giannini, Mimi White, Brett Mills, Apryl Alexander, Christine Becker, Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9781978821156

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-08-13

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

From Memory to History

Television Versions of the Twentieth Century

by Jim Cullen

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781978813816

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-04-16

Format: Paperback

255 Pages

The Femme Fatale

by Julie Grossman

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780813598246

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-09-18

Format: Paperback

174 Pages

Televisuality

Style, Crisis, and Authority in American Television

by John T Caldwell

Price: $41.95

ISBN: 9781978816039

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-08-14

Format: Paperback

666 Pages

Beyond the Black and White TV

Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America

by Benjamin M. Han

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781978803831

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-06-19

Format: Paperback

216 Pages

Mediating the Uprising

Narratives of Gender and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama

by Rebecca Joubin

Price: $51.95

ISBN: 9781978802667

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-05-15

Format: Paperback

334 Pages

Extraordinarily Ordinary

Us Weekly and the Rise of Reality Television Celebrity

by Erin A. Meyers

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780813599427

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-02-14

Format: Paperback

154 Pages

Those Were the Days

Why All in the Family Still Matters

by Jim Cullen

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781978805774

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-01-17

Format: Paperback

216 Pages

TV Family Values

Gender, Domestic Labor, and 1980s Sitcoms

by Alice Leppert

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780813592671

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-03-15

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Unwatchable

Edited by Nicholas Baer, Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak and Gunnar Iversen

Contributions by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright, Alex Bush, Alec Butler, Noel Carroll, Mel Chen, Jonathan Crary, Abigail De Kosnik, Samuel England, Mattias Frey, Peter Geimer, Michael Boyce Gillespie, Asbjørn Grønstad, Boris Groys, Frances Guerin, Jack Halberstam, Barbara Hammer, Julian Hanich, Stefano Harney, J. Hoberman, Lynne Joyrich, Alexandra Juhasz, E. Ann Kaplan, Katariina Kyrölä, Nathan Lee, Akira Lippit, Jennifer Malkowski, W.J.T. Mitchell, Brandy Monk-Payton, Fred Moten, Bill Nichols, Jan Olsson, Danielle Peers, Raul Perez, Mauro Resmini, B. Ruby Rich, Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Rebecca Schneider, Jeffrey Sconce, Jared Sexton, Philipp Stiasny, Meghan Sutherland, Bennet Togler, Leshu Torchin, Alok Vaid-Menon, Christophe Wall-Romana, Meir Wigoder, Emily Wills, Federico Windhausen, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Genevieve Yue, Alenka Zupancic, Poulomi Saha and Vivian Sobchack

Price: $36.95

ISBN: 9780813599588

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-01-14

Format: Paperback

412 Pages

The Indecent Screen

Regulating Television in the Twenty-First Century

by Cynthia Chris

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9780813594064

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-01-07

Format: Paperback

254 Pages

Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture

Edited by Domino Renee Perez and Rachel González-Martin

Contributions by José Anguiano, Marcel Brousseau, Olivia Cadaval, James H Cox, K. Angelique Dwyer, Nicole Guidotti-Hernández, Daniela Gutiérrez López, Raisa Alvarado Uchima, Jaime Guzmán, Ruth Y Hsu, Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, Channette Romero, Gerald Vizenor and James Wilkey

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781978801301

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-10-17

Format: Paperback

308 Pages

Adventures in Shondaland

Identity Politics and the Power of Representation

Edited by Rachel Alicia Griffin and Michaela D.E. Meyer

Contributions by Michaela D.E. Meyer, Rachel Alicia Griffin, Richard G Jones Jr, Emily Vajjala, Joan Faber McAlister, Jessica L Furgerson, Jennifer Billinson, Jade Petermon, Shadee Abdi, Bernadette Calafell, Stephanie Young, Vincent Pham, Myra Washington, Tina Harris, Mark P Orbe, Mary Ingram-Waters, Leslie Balderas, Melissa Ames and Sean Swenson

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9780813596310

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-09-10

Format: Paperback

278 Pages

Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small-Screen Culture

by Andrea J. Kelley

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9780813586335

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-06-28

Format: Paperback

194 Pages

Through the Crosshairs

War, Visual Culture, and the Weaponized Gaze

by Roger Stahl

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780813585253

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-06-21

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

The Zoom

Drama at the Touch of a Lever

by Nick Hall

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9780813587202

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-05-11

Format: Paperback

226 Pages

The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom

by Tison Pugh

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780813591711

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-02-27

Format: Paperback

258 Pages

Real Sister

Stereotypes, Respectability, and Black Women in Reality TV

Edited by Jervette R. Ward

Contributions by Jervette R. Ward, Sheena Harris, LaToya Jefferson-James, Alison D. Ligon, Cynthia Davis, Detris Honora Adelabu, Monica Flippin Wynn, Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniels, Sharon Lynette Jones and Terry A. Nelson

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780813575063

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2015-11-02

Format: Paperback

208 Pages

Television in the Age of Radio

Modernity, Imagination, and the Making of a Medium

by Philip W. Sewell

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9780813562698

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2014-02-13

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America

by David Gillota

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780813561486

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2013-07-01

Format: Paperback

206 Pages

Watching While Black

Centering the Television of Black Audiences

Edited by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade

Contributions by Robin Means Coleman, Andre Cavalcante, Kristen J. Warner, Christine Acham, Devorah Heitner, TreaAndrea M. Russworm, Jennifer Fuller, Kim M. LeDuff, Racquel Gates, Nghana Lewis, Mark D. Cunningham, Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, Reighan Gillam, Nsenga Burton, Timothy Havens and Eric Pierson

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780813583280

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2013-01-10

Format: eBook

280 Pages

How Television Invented New Media

by Sheila C. Murphy

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9780813550053

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2011-03-17

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Hollywood on the Hudson

Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff

by Richard Koszarski

Price: $49.95

ISBN: 9780813547787

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2010-01-21

Format: Paperback

592 Pages