TV index: Capital & Deutschland 83

 

1) Introduction to TV Drama

2) Capital: CSP case study and analysis

3) Capital: Marxism and Hegemony

4) Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis

5) Postmodernism and Deutschland 83

6) TV: Industry contexts

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