Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. INTRODUCTION Why Do We Need to Talk about Socialism and TV? 1
5. PART I GENRES OF REALISM AND REALITY
6. CHAPTER 1 From Socialist Realism to Emotional Realism 27
7. CHAPTER 2 Tele-education 40
8. CHAPTER 3 Crime Appeal 66
9. CHAPTER 4 The Great Socialist Game (Show) 83
10. CHAPTER 5 Postsocialist Ethno-Racial Reality TV 108
11. PART II GENRES OF HISTORY
12. CHAPTER 6 The Historical Adventure Drama 133
13. CHAPTER 7 Postsocialist Nostalgia and European Historical Drama 155
14. CHAPTER 8 Commercials as Time-Space Machines 173
15. PART III GENRES OF FICTION
16. CHAPTER 9 Women and TV 187
17. CHAPTER 10 Socialist Soaps 199
18. PART IV GENRES OF HUMOR
19. CHAPTER 11 Socialist Comedy 227
20. CHAPTER 12 (Post)socialist Political Satire 242
21. AFTERWORD Afterward 257
22. Notes 261
23. Bibliography 299
24. Index 311