Full Description
This original book asks how, in an age of convergence, when 'television' no longer means a box in the corner of the living room that we sit and watch together, do we remember television of the past? How do we gather and archive our memories? Kristyn Gordon and Joanne Garde-Hansen explore these questions through first person interviews with tv producers, curators and archivists, and case studies of popular television series and fan communities such as 'Cold Feet' and 'Doctor Who'. Their discussion takes in museum exhibitions, popular televison nostalgia programming and 'vintage' tv websites.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Remembering Television's Past
Chapter 2: Remembering TV Production: Producer-ly Memory
Chapter 3: Television's Treasures and Archival Values
Chapter 4: The End of 'Experience TV' at the National Media Museum
Chapter 5: Caring for Past Television: The Case of Children's Television
Chapter 6: Nostalgia and Paratexual Memory: Cold Feet (ITV, 1997-2017), reminiscence clip shows and 'vintage' television websites
Chapter 7: Regenerative TV Memory?: Crafting Doctor Who
Conclusion: Television's Mnemonic Warriors - From Mr Getty to Me
References
Index
