[ecrea] New publication; Talking with Television

> Talking with Television
> Women, Talk Shows, and Modern Self-Reflexivity
> By Helen Wood, De Montfort University
>
> "A rare product: a theoretically informed 
> empirical study, using data in sophisticated 
> ways to produce far-reaching insights into the 
> practice of television viewing and the 
> construction of gendered subjectivity. A 
> significant contribution to sociology, media and 
> cultural studies, and gender studies."--Ann 
> Gray, author of Research Practice for Cultural 
> Studies: Ethnographic Methods and Lived Cultures
>
> Television talk shows have fuelled debates about 
> television's faltering role as a medium for 
> social interaction, but this book points out 
> that many viewers don't just absorb the shows; 
> they react to them and even talk back to their 
> televisions. By observing and analyzing the 
> daily viewing habits of a dozen women viewers, 
> Helen Wood interprets these experiences as daily 
> rituals of self-reflexivity, focusing on the 
> performance of gender as a doubling of place in 
> contemporary conditions of modernity. Directly 
> challenging the fundamental assumption that new 
> media forms are uniquely interactive, Talking 
> with Television reveals that televisual styles, 
> particularly talk-based TV, have always sought 
> to encourage a participatory relationship with viewers at home.
>
> UNIVERSITY  OF ILLINOIS PRESS
> Apr 2009 224pp £15.99 PB: 9780252076022
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