Disrupting Flow: Seinfeld, Sopranos Series Finale and the Aesthetic of Anxiety

Title	Disrupting Flow: Seinfeld, Sopranos Series Finale and the Aesthetic of Anxiety
Creator	柯瑞強 Maria Corrigan
Contributor	英文系
Key Words	audience;cable television;globalization;new media;satellite television;television
Date	2012-03
Date Issued	26-Dec-2014 17:10:37 (UTC+8)
Summary	This article examines how the Seinfeld and Sopranos series finales problematize a contemporary televisual ethos that Raymond Williams famously characterized as “flow.” These finales at once question their status as product and, in the case of The Sopranos, offer a direct critique to the nature of televisual flow itself. The emergence of such avant-garde intentionality in network and cable television underscores, moreover, a fundamental tension between art and commerce. These finales draw much of their energy by evoking an aesthetic of disruption and subversion not from the outside of the production process but from within the corporate sphere.
Relation	Television & New Media, 13(2), 91-102
Type	article

dc.contributor	英文系	en_US
dc.creator (作者)	柯瑞強	zh_TW
dc.creator (作者)	Maria Corrigan	en_US
dc.date (日期)	2012-03	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	26-Dec-2014 17:10:37 (UTC+8)	-
dc.date.available	26-Dec-2014 17:10:37 (UTC+8)	-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間)	26-Dec-2014 17:10:37 (UTC+8)	-
dc.identifier.uri (URI)	http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/72400	-
dc.description.abstract (摘要)	This article examines how the Seinfeld and Sopranos series finales problematize a contemporary televisual ethos that Raymond Williams famously characterized as “flow.” These finales at once question their status as product and, in the case of The Sopranos, offer a direct critique to the nature of televisual flow itself. The emergence of such avant-garde intentionality in network and cable television underscores, moreover, a fundamental tension between art and commerce. These finales draw much of their energy by evoking an aesthetic of disruption and subversion not from the outside of the production process but from within the corporate sphere.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	-
dc.relation (關聯)	Television & New Media, 13(2), 91-102	en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞)	audience;cable television;globalization;new media;satellite television;television	en_US
dc.title (題名)	Disrupting Flow: Seinfeld, Sopranos Series Finale and the Aesthetic of Anxiety	en_US
dc.type (資料類型)	article	en