[Commlist] new book: Teenage Audiences and British Period Drama

Shelley Galpin is pleased to let you know that the new book, /Teenage 
Audiences and British Period Drama/ has recently been published by 
Palgrave Macmillan.

Further information can be found here 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-58319-3>. Here is the 
blurb...

“Galpin’s sensitive research, based on her experience of teaching in 
London, is welcome and wide-ranging. It challenges assumptions about 
young audiences by exploring how period drama carries significance in 
contemporary lives. A crucial book on genre, it also makes original 
contributions to debates about diversity, identity formation, and 
emotional engagement.” (Christine Geraghty, University of Glasgow, UK)

*Overview*

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    provides an engaging insight into the responses of teenage audiences
    to British period drama
  *
    debates regarding the heritage film and young people’s consumption
    of the media
  *
    details the varied ways that young people use film and television
    drama to make sense of the world and their place in it

*About this book*
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This book provides an engaging insight into the responses of teenage 
audiences to British period drama, presenting original data collected 
from young people across England. Situated in relation to debates 
regarding the heritage film and young people’s consumption of the media, 
Teenage Audiences and British Period Drama challenges the often 
homogenous characterisation of teenagers by demonstrating the range of 
responses this genre inspires in young viewers.
Arguing for the period drama’s underestimated relevance to younger 
audiences, the book details the varied ways that young people use film 
and television drama to make sense of the world and their place in it, 
and highlights the under-researched significance of collective viewing 
in influencing viewer response. Analysis demonstrates the key role that 
values play in influencing judgements amongst youth audiences, the 
importance of perceived historical accuracy and the potential for screen 
texts to inspire a deeper relationship with the past.

*About the author*

Shelley Anne Galpin is a Lecturer at King’s College London, having 
previously taught at a number of UK universities including the 
University of York, Royal Holloway and Goldsmiths. Prior to her academic 
career, she worked for several years in the secondary and further 
education sectors in London.


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