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Description for Telefantasy
Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Telefantasy offers the first book length study to consider the place of fantasy, science fiction, and horror dramas in the history of British and US television. Looking at two periods (the 1950s/60s and the 1990s/2000s) when telefantasy has been particularly prevalent on television, this book provides detailed historical accounts of the production of key 'telefantasy' programmes: the Quatermass serials, The Prisoner, Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Each case study is situated in relation to the development of the British and US television industries and the regulatory and critical discourses surrounding them, offering ... Read more
Telefantasy offers the first book length study to consider the place of fantasy, science fiction, and horror dramas in the history of British and US television. Looking at two periods (the 1950s/60s and the 1990s/2000s) when telefantasy has been particularly prevalent on television, this book provides detailed historical accounts of the production of key 'telefantasy' programmes: the Quatermass serials, The Prisoner, Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Each case study is situated in relation to the development of the British and US television industries and the regulatory and critical discourses surrounding them, offering ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844570768
SKU
V9781844570768
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About Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnsonis Lecturer in Television History and Theory, Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London.
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