“Love at first sight”: TV shows. And introduction into anthropological analysis

Authors

  • Ivan Kovačević Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy,University of Belgrade https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4645-051X
  • Marija Brujić Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21301/EAP.v9i2.7

Keywords:

television, television show, popular culture, anthropology, Serbia

Abstract

Television shows are a noted and important form of popular culture. They are subject to anthropological research as much as any other form of pop culture and this has been done in the new Serbian anthropology which had included them in its inventory of researchable phenomena. By researching television shows, an anthropologist researches contemporary society and the meanings and values contained in the shows, as well as through the reception of these contents. The anthropological study of TV shows in Serbia resulted in a number of papers which are mostly about shows produced in Serbia and only in one case abroad (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), studied from the aspect of reception. As it would be expected, most of the attention of anthropologists had been garnered by TV shoes with high ratings, such as Srećni ljudi, Porodično blago, Kursadžije, Mile protiv tranzicije and Moj rođak sa sela.

 

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Published

2014-06-20

How to Cite

Kovačević, Ivan, and Marija Brujić. 2014. “‘Love at First sight’: TV Shows. And Introduction into Anthropological Analysis”. Etnoantropološki Problemi Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 9 (2):395-415. https://doi.org/10.21301/EAP.v9i2.7.

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