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Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots: Multiplicities in Film and Television
Amanda Ann Klein
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Description for Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots: Multiplicities in Film and Television
Paperback. Editor(s): Klein, Amanda Ann; Palmer, R. Barton. Num Pages: 366 pages, 50 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APF; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
With sequels, prequels, remakes, spin-offs, or copies of successful films or franchises dominating film and television production, it sometimes seems as if Hollywood is incapable of making an original film or TV show. These textual pluralities or multiplicities-while loved by fans who flock to them in droves-tend to be dismissed by critics and scholars as markers of the death of high culture. Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots takes the opposite view, surveying a wide range of international media multiplicities for the first time to elucidate their importance for audiences, industrial practices, and popular culture. ... Read more
With sequels, prequels, remakes, spin-offs, or copies of successful films or franchises dominating film and television production, it sometimes seems as if Hollywood is incapable of making an original film or TV show. These textual pluralities or multiplicities-while loved by fans who flock to them in droves-tend to be dismissed by critics and scholars as markers of the death of high culture. Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots takes the opposite view, surveying a wide range of international media multiplicities for the first time to elucidate their importance for audiences, industrial practices, and popular culture. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
367
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477308172
SKU
V9781477308172
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About Amanda Ann Klein
Amanda Ann Klein is an associate professor of film studies at East Carolina University. R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, and author or editor of many books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America and After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality.
Reviews for Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots: Multiplicities in Film and Television
A strong and very necessary addition to the growing body of work that contends with filmic repetition and the commercial and cultural complexities of film and television production and reception across multimedia platforms. The range of essays is impressive.
Carolyn Jess-Cooke, University of Glasgow, author of Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood and coeditor of ... Read more
Carolyn Jess-Cooke, University of Glasgow, author of Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood and coeditor of ... Read more