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- Title
Staging the body and space in television: Jozi H as a case in point.
- Authors
SWANEPOEL, J. H.
- Abstract
The medical drama series is uniquely positioned to draw together a technology of care as well as a technology of representation. It becomes the nexus where the series' plot with its dramatic elements and the medium - namely, television, used to represent the narrative - converge. The human body forms the foundation of all television's narrative. In relation to this, the nature of healing as something that concerns the body as a corporeal and social entity recuperating within a given time frame and within a particular space emerges. The continuity that television lends to the movement and flow of bodies further provides authenticity to the representation of the (healing) human body - a constituent part of the larger body politic itself. This article provides a theoretical and practical exploration by exploring the credits sequence of a South African Canadian medical drama series, Jozi H (2007), set in metropolitan Johannesburg.
- Subjects
MEDICAL drama; TELEVISION; TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN body; HOSPITALS
- Publication
Journal of African Media Studies, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 3, p313
- ISSN
2040-199X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/jams.6.3.313_1