Uncomfortable Television by Hunter Hargraves
Hunter Hargraves examines how postmillennial television made its audiences find pleasure through discomfort, showing that televisual unease trains audiences to survive under late capitalism, which demands that individuals accept a certain amount of discomfort, dread, and irritation into their everyday lives.
"Uncomfortable Television is an interesting work that raises many compelling questions about the relationship between televisual content and our own processing of reality and invites further discussion on affect theory and how affect potentially shapes most of our behaviorIt is an insightful read for academics, political theorists, and students of many strands of humanities . . . ." -- Ana Yorke * Popmatters *
"Hargraves's book sits at the intersection of scholarship focusing on neoliberalism, affect, and popular culture and synthesizes these conversations in fruitful ways. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- S. Pepper * Choice *
"Hargraves’s timely evaluation of television’s metamorphosis in the early twenty-first century is a welcome addition to contemporary media scholarship. The imbrication of critical race studies, affect, and genre means readers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds will find something useful in Uncomfortable Television." -- Alex Remington * The Velvet Light Trap *
"Hargraves's book sits at the intersection of scholarship focusing on neoliberalism, affect, and popular culture and synthesizes these conversations in fruitful ways. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- S. Pepper * Choice *
“Uncomfortable Television provides television, performance, and American studies scholars and graduate students with an interesting and insightful look into how televisual affect is mobilized. … [A] compelling illustration of the complex constellation of components that provide a framework for the affective and ideological functions of television.”
-- Courtlyn Pippert * European Journal for American Studies *"Hargraves’s timely evaluation of television’s metamorphosis in the early twenty-first century is a welcome addition to contemporary media scholarship. The imbrication of critical race studies, affect, and genre means readers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds will find something useful in Uncomfortable Television." -- Alex Remington * The Velvet Light Trap *
Hunter Hargraves is Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University, Fullerton.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781478016939 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478016930 |
| Title | Uncomfortable Television |
| Author | Hunter Hargraves |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2023-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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