Question 1b Preparation Genre - Additional Reading

I am yet to find these articles on the Internet but they are worth a read. So get yourself down a library!!!!

Key idea: bricolage.

• Phillips, N., 'Genre' in Nelmes, J., (ed.), 1996, An Introduction to Film Studies, London: Routledge, p127-137

Key idea: Pros and cons of genre as a critical tool.        

• Raynor, P., Wall, P., and Kruger, S., 2001, Media Studies: The Essential Introduction, London: Routledge, 54-62  

Key idea: Standardization and pleasure

• Strinati, D., 1995, An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture, London: Routledge, pages 77-78             

Key idea: Genre mutations

• Neale, S., and Turner, G., 'What is Genre?' in Greeber, G., (ed), 2001, The Television Genre Book, London: BFI, 1-7.