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American Remakes of British Television
. Ed(S): Lavigne, Carlen; Marcovitch, Heather
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Hardback. Editor(s): Lavigne, Carlen; Marcovitch, Heather. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Ever since Norman Lear remade the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part into All in the Family, American remakes of British television shows have become part of the American cultural fabric. Indeed, some of the programs currently said to exemplify American tastes and attitudes, from reality programs like American Idol and What Not to Wear to the mock-documentary approach of The Office, are adaptations of successful British shows. Carlen Lavigne and Heather Marcovitch's American Remakes of British Television: Transformations and Mistranslations is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that focuses on questions raised when a foreign show is adapted for ... Read more
Ever since Norman Lear remade the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part into All in the Family, American remakes of British television shows have become part of the American cultural fabric. Indeed, some of the programs currently said to exemplify American tastes and attitudes, from reality programs like American Idol and What Not to Wear to the mock-documentary approach of The Office, are adaptations of successful British shows. Carlen Lavigne and Heather Marcovitch's American Remakes of British Television: Transformations and Mistranslations is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that focuses on questions raised when a foreign show is adapted for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739146729
SKU
V9780739146729
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About . Ed(S): Lavigne, Carlen; Marcovitch, Heather
Carlen Lavigne is a professor of communications at Red Deer College in Alberta, Canada. Heather Marcovitch is a professor of English at Red Deer College in Alberta, Canada.
Reviews for American Remakes of British Television
This multidisciplinary collection of essays highlights some successful transformations and some mistranslations in television programming remade from British originals for American audiences. The case studies offer a timely interrogation of transnational popular culture with resonance beyond the televisual.
June M. Madeley, University of New Brunswick, Saint John
June M. Madeley, University of New Brunswick, Saint John