Overview
Demonstrate that genres are by no means inherent qualities of media
Places special focus on trans-media perspectives and the interdependence of media manifestations
Re-thinks the concept of genre in film studies, arguing for its relevance to aesthetics and cultural value
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Genres in Media and Cultural Theory
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Transmedial and Transnational Perspectives
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Re-examining Genres in Film Studies
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About this book
This book reflects and analyzes the relationship between media and genre, focusing on both aesthetics and discursive meaning. It considers genres as having a decisive impact on media cultures, either in film, on TV, in computer games, comics or radio, on the level of production as well as reception. The book discusses the role of genres in media and cultural theory as a configuration of media artifacts that share specific aesthetic characteristics. It also reflects genre as a concept of categorization of media artifacts with which the latter can be analyzed under terms depending on a specific historical situation or cultural context. A special focus is placed on trans-media perspectives. Even as genres develop their own traditions within one medium, they reach beyond a media-specific horizon, necessitating a double perspective that considers the distinct recourse to genre within a medium as well as the trans-media circulation and adaption of genres.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ivo Ritzer is a professor of media studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He has given invited talks all over the world and has published a large number of essays, monographs, and edited volumes with topics such as media aesthetics, media philosophy, and media archaeology. His most recent publications include Key Works in Media Studies (2020), Politics of the Popular: Media – Culture – Theory (2019), Media Theory of Globalization (2018), and Media Dispositives (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Media and Genre
Book Subtitle: Dialogues in Aesthetics and Cultural Analysis
Editors: Ivo Ritzer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69866-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69865-2Published: 03 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69868-3Published: 04 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69866-9Published: 02 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 307
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Media and Communication, Digital/New Media, Genre