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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> British television drama and US imports: Aesthetics, Institutions,
> Histories. Friday 24 March 2006.
>
> A one-day symposium organised by the Centre for Television Drama
> Studies
> at the University of Reading, under the auspices of the AHRC-funded
> project British TV Drama and Acquired US Programmes 1970-2000.
>
> While the study of British television drama and US television drama
> respectively continues to thrive, little work exists on the
> interconnections between British and US television. American television
> programmes have been extremely popular in Britain, yet they are
> frequently
> omitted from critical discourse on British television. On the basis
> that a
> nations television landscape never consists merely of indigenous
> production, this symposium aims to explore how British television
> drama is
> affected by the import of television drama from the USA.
>
> In particular (though not exclusively) we welcome papers that address
> the
> following questions:
>
> What shapes the selection processes involved in the acquisition of
> US TV drama? What are the institutional and practical factors involved
> in
> this acquisition (e.g. regulation, package deals, scheduling and cost)?
>
> How are US imports used by, and how do they work as part of,
> British broadcasting (especially in terms of scheduling, promotion,
> channel identity and public service)? What are the aesthetic
> consequences
> of these broadcast processes?
>
> How do the meanings of television texts change because of their
> transatlantic journey?
>
> How has the import of US television drama influenced aesthetic
> forms, genres, representations (e.g. gender, class, race), and
> production
> practices of British domestic television drama?
>
> How have US imports affected the viewing experience of British
> television audiences?
>
> What may be the national specificity of television drama from
> Britain and the US, and what may be shared? How does television drama
> locate this specificity?
>
> How do the different histories, institutions and evaluative
> schemas in the US and Britain inflect the term quality differently and
> contribute to the quality debate?
>
> Conversely, how are British programmes exported to the US? How are
> they used, scheduled, received, and what is their influence?
>
> The day is expected to run from 10am 5pm. Papers should be no more
> than
> 20 minutes in length (including any audio-visual extracts). Please send
> abstracts of 250 words by Monday 16 January 2006 to Simone Knox via
> email
> ([log in to unmask]) or post: Simone Knox, University of Reading,
> Department of Film, Theatre & Television, Bulmershe Court, Woodlands
> Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1HY.
>
> Visit the symposium website at
> www.rdg.ac.uk/fd/research/BritishTVdramaandUSimports.htm.
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