Rewriting Television

Author:   Alison Peirse
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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9781978839618


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
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Author:   Alison Peirse
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781978839618


ISBN 10:   1978839618
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments 1. The One–Long–Slow–Idea Book 2. Methods 3. Cast of Characters & Dialogue Key 4. “edgy sex… not just boring sex” 5. Commissioning 6. Form 7. “that’s TV, it isn’t like writing a poem” 8. Development 9. Story 10. “it is horrible. It is necessary.” 11. Voice 12. Glorious Coda: “how are we going to get out of this?” Index

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"""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" -- Joel Burges * author of Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture * ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series but in its warmth and humor presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   -- Anamik Saha * author of Race, Culture, and Media *"


""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" - Joel Burges (author of Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture) ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series but in its warmth and humor presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   - Anamik Saha (author of Race, Culture, and Media)


""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" -- Joel Burges * author of Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture * ""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" -- Joel Burges * author of Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture * ""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" -- Joel Burges * author of Out of Sync and Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture * ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series but in its warmth and humor presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   -- Anamik Saha * author of Race, Culture, and Media * ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series but in its warmth and humor presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   -- Anamik Saha * author of Race, Culture, and Media * ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series but in its warmth and humor presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   -- Anamik Saha * author of Race, Culture, and Media *


"""Rewriting Television is a feminist intervention in which Alison Peirse takes us into the hidden abodes of television production, including the essential contributions of women to the industry. In so doing, Peirse pursues a timely shift in focus from the question of 'complex TV' to the complexities of making television. Lively and even joyful, her book tussles with issues of form, voice, and story not only in commissioning and developing television but also in writing about how it is made. It is a wonderful case study of the British series Bedlam, an experiment in academic form, and a canny polemic that will inspire readers to think and write differently."" -- Joel Burges * author of Out of Sync & Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture * ""In Rewriting Television, Alison Peirse not only provides a rich and unique insight into the making of a television drama series, but in its warmth and humour, presents us with a reimagining of what academic writing could be. It is one of the most inspiring books on media that I have ever read.""   -- Anamik Saha * author of Race, Culture and Media *"


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ALISON PEIRSE is a professor in film and media at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research focuses on illuminating women’s invisible or overlooked contributions to the production of genre film and television. Her books include the multi-award-winning Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre  (Rutgers University Press, 2020).

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