{"product_id":"public-representations-beth-herst-9781487503871","title":"Public Representations: Screen Stories, Narrative, and the Public Sphere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Representations\u003c\/em\u003e explores how popular screen stories represent, and interact with, politics, governance, and the public sphere. It analyses a selection of recent films and broadcast, cable, and streaming series from the US and the UK, as well as a multi-decade survey of comparable Canadian films and series. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship and popular media commentary, \u003cem\u003ePublic Representations\u003c\/em\u003e considers questions of narrative representation, political agency, and conditions of screen story production as they intersect with race and gender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a rich array of paratexts, including online and legacy media reviews, interviews, news reports and feature coverage, as well as metrics such as production budgets, box office figures, and awards, \u003cem\u003ePublic Representations\u003c\/em\u003e traces the ways in which these screen stories function as frames of reference, and sites of contestation, for the most urgent issues within the contemporary public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Herst,Sandford Borins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487503873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487503871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Beth Herst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965572694271,"sku":"9781487503871","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b00e1bb8-3ce8-43c5-abb8-3d410d81aa7c.jpg?v=1767281449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/public-representations-beth-herst-9781487503871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}