TV and Caricature

Name: TV and Caricature
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By Hannah Andrews

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TV and Caricature explores how the traditional art form of caricature is adapted for the medium of television. The book introduces the 'televisual caricature'- a mediated, humorous impersonation of a public figure that exaggerates their persona, often with satirical intent.TV and Caricature examines the aesthetic, industrial... Read More

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The first book-length exploration of caricature on television and the first analysis of caricature using the theories and methodologies of television studies.

Description

TV and Caricature explores how the traditional art form of caricature is adapted for the medium of television. The book introduces the 'televisual caricature'- a mediated, humorous impersonation of a public figure that exaggerates their persona, often with satirical intent.

TV and Caricature examines the aesthetic, industrial and cultural dimensions of televisual caricature. It explores a range of programming in which it appears, including animation, sketch comedy, magazine programming and reality TV. It analyses televisual caricature's style and form, industrial contexts and cultural politics.

It presents case studies, including televisual caricatures of Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump, and the popular puppet sketch series Spitting Image. It confronts televisual caricature's troubling manifestations, including blackface performance in Fantasy Football League and Bo Selecta, reflecting on how these instances have been revisited in the context of the contemporary 'culture wars'.

Combining theoretical analysis, practitioner interview, archival research and critical reading, this book illuminates caricature's surprising place in television history.

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TV and Caricature

By Hannah Andrews

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399508094

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 December 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Edinburgh University Press

Illustration: 22 black and white illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Hannah Andrews is Associate Professor in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Lincoln. She is the author of Television and British Cinema (2014) and Biographical Television Drama (2021) and has published widely on television and cinema in journals such as Screen, Journal of British Cinema and Television, Comedy Studies and Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. She is an editor at Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies. Focusing largely on British popular culture, her work has explored intermedial and industrial relationships between cinema and TV, the ethics and aesthetics of biographical representation, and the cultural politics of TV comedy.

TV and Caricature