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Something Completely Different: British Television And American Culture
Jeffrey S. Miller
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paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
The first comprehensive study of the influence British programming had on American television.
The first comprehensive study of the influence British programming had on American television.
Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the American networks imported such series as The Avengers and Monty Python’s Flying Circus; how American audiences received these uniquely British shows; and how the shows’ success reshaped American television.Miller’s lively analysis covers ... Read moreSomething Completely Different concludes with a discussion of the American programs and genres that owed their existence to British progenitors. Miller convincingly argues that much of what came to define American television by 1980 was in fact British in origin, a contention that casts a new light on traditional discussions of American cultural imperialism.ISBN 0-8166-3240-5Cloth£31.00$44.95xxISBN 0-8166-3241-3Paper£12.50$17.95x208 Pages17 black-and-white photos5 7/8 x 9JanuaryTranslation inquiries: University of Minnesota Press Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816632411
SKU
V9780816632411
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About Jeffrey S. Miller
Jeffrey S. Miller is assistant professor of English and journalism at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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