The Development of a New Genre

Abstract

As in Chapter 3, issues of quality are also at the heart of this chapter about genre. Crucially, it recognizes genre as located in discursive practices of critics, producers and audiences rather than as inherent textual features that can be listed and discussed. As a consequence, the investigation of genre can also draw our attention to how discourses about genre are connected to forms of evaluation and thus power relations that straddle the apparent national divides between productions of different origin. In other words, discursive practices around genres can make visible the transnational location of much television production.