{"product_id":"doing-history-in-the-age-christine-geraghty-9781474450799","title":"Doing History in the Age of Downton Abbey: Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 16, Issue 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAddresses how academic historians engage with \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and similar programmes on a personal, intellectual, and professional basis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs representations of history, period dramas perform serious work, and can be used to discuss both historical and contemporary issues (voting rights, war and trauma, reproductive rights). The contributors challenge the narrow view of period drama TV as conservative nostalgia; through sharing their experiences with these series (as consultants, bloggers and public speakers) they suggest ways in which historians can navigate the boundaries between academic and public history. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGives personal accounts of the ways US historians have been publicly in work on one of the most talked-about television dramas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooks at \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e from historians' perspectives, not to challenge its historical accuracy but to explore how it works as popular history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the divide between public and academic history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings together British and American historians to help us understand how British popular culture is used and consumed in different ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Geraghty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474450792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474450799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Christine Geraghty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935514788095,"sku":"9781474450799","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d846dc31-2da7-400c-82bb-c4248f0a7722.jpg?v=1681420240","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doing-history-in-the-age-christine-geraghty-9781474450799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}