Para-television and discourses of distinction: The culture of production at HBO

It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-45

  Santo, Avi ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917390178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928868     Document Type: Chapter

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