When TV Became a Target: Ritual and Burlesque in Television Creature Features

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Abstract

Abstract: This historical study highlights the social impact of locally hosted creature features during the first generation of television in the United States. The analysis explains why ritual and performed critique were so central to this historical television genre, and the findings also depict the ambivalence implicit in early television viewership.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-107
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Popular Film and Television
Volume46
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 3 2018

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Publisher Copyright:
©, Copyright Taylor & Francis.

Keywords

  • Kenneth Burke's poetic frames
  • hosted horror television
  • local television history
  • television aesthetics
  • television rituals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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