{"product_id":"9781441198105","title":"Dreams in American Television Narratives From Dallas to Buffy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDreams in American Television Narratives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Dallas to Buffy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCynthia Burkhead\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreams in Television Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive analysis of one of American television's most frequently utilized tropes, the dream. From its beginning, television has been a storytelling medium. Whether delivered to a live audience or played out on a sound stage, narratives and those who write them have always been the crux of the television program. While film can claim a long history of scholarly inquiry into the connection between film and dreams, no comprehensive research exists on the subject of television dreams. Locating its primary function as narrative, the author uses examples from American sitcoms and dramatic programs, analyzing the narrative functions of dreams using, as its frame, Carl Jung's narrative stages of the dream: exposition, development, culmination, and conclusion. While television dreams are analyzed throughout, case studies of the television programs The Sopranos and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are included to show in detail how dreams function throughout a television series.  Includes a compendium of over 1000 television episodes that include dreams, a valuable tool for any television scholar or enthusiast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Burkhead, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Alabama, US. She is the author of the \u003ci\u003eStudent Companion to John Steinbeck\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eJoss Whedon: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrace Under Pressure:\u003c\/i\u003e Grey's Anatomy \u003ci\u003eUncovered.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441198105\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331378282636,"sku":"9781441198105","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ddad3650-b5bc-4495-8543-40a3f7c200bd.jpg?v=1783596222","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441198105","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}