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Cult Television
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Author : Sara Gwenllian-Jones
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2004
Cult Television written by Sara Gwenllian-Jones and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Performing Arts categories.
A television series is tagged with the label "cult" by the media, advertisers, and network executives when it is considered edgy or offbeat, when it appeals to nostalgia, or when it is considered emblematic of a particular subculture. By these criteria, almost any series could be described as cult. Yet certain programs exert an uncanny power over their fans, encouraging them to immerse themselves within a fictional world. In Cult Television leading scholars examine such shows as The X-Files; The Avengers; Doctor Who, Babylon Five; Star Trek; Xena, Warrior Princess; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to determine the defining characteristics of cult television and map the contours of this phenomenon within the larger scope of popular culture. Contributors: Karen Backstein; David A. Black, Seton Hall U; Mary Hammond, Open U; Nathan Hunt, U of Nottingham; Mark Jancovich; Petra Kuppers, Bryant College; Philippe Le Guern, U of Angers, France; Alan McKee; Toby Miller, New York U; Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern U; Eva Vieth Sara Gwenllian-Jones is a lecturer in television and digital media at Cardiff University and co-editor of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Roberta E. Pearson is a reader in media and cultural studies at Cardiff University. She is the author of the forthcoming book Small Screen, Big Universe: Star Trek and Television.
The Greatest Cult Television Shows Of All Time
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Author : Christopher J. Olson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2020-05-29
The Greatest Cult Television Shows Of All Time written by Christopher J. Olson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-29 with Performing Arts categories.
Reaching back to the beginnings of television, The Greatest Cult Television Shows offers readers a fun and accessible look at the 100 most significant cult television series of all time, compiled in a single resource that includes valuable information on the shows and their creators. While they generally lack mainstream appeal, cult television shows develop devout followings over time and exert some sort of impact on a given community, society, culture, or even media industry. Cult television shows have been around since at least the 1960s, with Star Trek perhaps the most famous of that era. However, the rise of cable contributed to the rise of cult television throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and now, with the plethora of streaming options available, more shows can be added to this categorization Reaching back to the beginnings of television, the book includes such groundbreaking series as The Twilight Zone and The Prisoner alongside more contemporary examples like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Hannibal. The authors provide production history for each series and discuss their relevance to global pop culture. To provide a more global approach to the topic, the authors also consider several non-American cult TV series, including British, Canadian, and Japanese shows. Thus, Monty Python’s Flying Circus appears alongside Sailor Moon and Degrassi Junior High. Additionally, to move beyond the conception of “cult” as a primarily white, heteronormative, fanboy obsession, the book contains shows that speak to a variety of cult audiences and experiences, such as Queer as Folk and Charmed. With detailed arguments for why these shows deserve to be considered the greatest of all time, Olson and Reinhard provide ideas for discussion and debate on cult television. Each entry in this book demonstrates the importance of the 100 shows chosen for inclusion and highlights how they offer insight into the period and the cults that formed around them.
The Essential Cult Tv Reader
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Author : David Lavery
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-09-15
The Essential Cult Tv Reader written by David Lavery and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with Performing Arts categories.
The Essential Cult TV Reader is a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by employing an imaginative approach to programming. Once defined by limited viewership, cult TV has developed its own identity, with some shows gaining large, mainstream audiences. By exploring the defining characteristics of cult TV, The Essential Cult TV Reader traces the development of this once obscure form and explains how cult TV achieved its current status as legitimate television. The essays explore a wide range of cult programs, from early shows such as Star Trek, The Avengers, Dark Shadows, and The Twilight Zone to popular contemporary shows such as Lost, Dexter, and 24, addressing the cultural context that allowed the development of the phenomenon. The contributors investigate the obligations of cult series to their fans, the relationship of camp and cult, the effects of DVD releases and the Internet, and the globalization of cult TV. The Essential Cult TV Reader answers many of the questions surrounding the form while revealing emerging debates on its future.
The Cult Tv Book
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Author : Stacey Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-02-28
The Cult Tv Book written by Stacey Abbott and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-28 with Performing Arts categories.
Cult TV is a very exciting area of contemporary television. "The Cult TV Book" is the companion reference to this TV phenomenon, whose shows push the boundaries and offer biting commentaries on society today. Cult TV is also changing. Where being cult used to mean being marginal with a small, loyal fan base, cult TV is now key to the television industry, fandom is global and online, cult status for a show is fostered by the networks, and cult series are noted for their spectacular special effects and sumptuous visual style. So, what is cult TV today? Leading scholars, writers and journalists redefine our understanding of cult TV, with new approaches to and case studies on: Cult TV aesthetics, History of cult TV, Cult TV & new media, The 'sub-cultural celebrity', Jane Espenson on how to write cult TV, Cult TV & the broadcast industry, Music, Innovation, Cult channels, Children's cult TV, Sex, Gender, Race, Cult audiences, Transgressive TV, Cult of cult TV, Nancy Holder on writing tie-ins, TV & Film Guide, Fan fiction, "Battlestar Galactica", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Doctor Who", "The Avengers", "The Prisoner", "Quatermass", "The Sopranos", "Masters of Horror", "The Twilight Zone", "Twin Peaks", "Grey's Anatomy", "Bagpuss", "South Park", "The X Files", "Da Ali G Show", "Trailer Park Boys" and "Angel". Contributors include: Stacey Abbott, Sergio Angelini, Jes Battis, Stan Beeler, Miles Booy, Simon Brown, Bronwen Calvert, Jane Espenson, Dick Fiddy, Lincoln Geraghty, Janet K. Halfyard, Matt Hills, Nancy Holder, Catherine Johnson, Lorna Jowett, Roz Kaveney, Roberta Pearson, Denzell Richards, Hillary Robson, David Simmons, Sharon Sutherland, Paul Sutton, Sarah Swan, Donato Totaro, Rhonda V. Wilcox and Tat Wood.
Quality Popular Television
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Author : Mark Jancovich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Quality Popular Television written by Mark Jancovich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Popular culture categories.
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Cult Tv
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Author : Roland Addad
language : en
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 1999
Cult Tv written by Roland Addad and has been published by Saint Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Television programs categories.
Originally published in 1985 and with more than 30,000 copies in print, Cult TV has become a classic on the subject of America's best-loved shows. It includes all you'd ever want to know about "Rocky and Bullwinkle, " "The Wild, Wild West, " "Dr. Who, " "I Love Lucy, " and scores more. Behind-the-scenes information, lines to listen for, astonishing trivia, and sparkling wit distinguish the entries.Now the book has been revised for the next century to include "The Simpsons, " "Twin Peaks, " "Star Trek: Th Next Generation, " "The X-Files, " "Married ... with Children, " and several more recent or overlooked TV gems.Additionally, the entries have all been updated and a host of new material regarding fan clubs and websites has been added.Television addicts of America rejoice! Your day has come again!
The Cult Tv Book
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Author : Stacey Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Cult Tv Book written by Stacey Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Television series categories.
Cult TV is a very exciting area of contemporary television. "The Cult TV Book" is the companion reference to this TV phenomenon, whose shows push the boundaries and offer biting commentaries on society today. Cult TV is also changing. Where being cult used to mean being marginal with a small, loyal fan base, cult TV is now key to the television industry, fandom is global and online, cult status for a show is fostered by the networks, and cult series are noted for their spectacular special effects and sumptuous visual style. So, what is cult TV today?Leading scholars, writers and jour.
Cult Tv
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Author : Robert Sellers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Cult Tv written by Robert Sellers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Performing Arts categories.
The British company ITC created some of the wildest, most inventive television shows ever made, series that remain cult classics on both sides of the Atlantic: The Saint, The Persuaders, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space 1999, The Muppet Show, and many others. This entertaining behind-the-scenes history tells the story of these groundbreaking shows through firsthand interviews with nearly 50 actors, directors, and creators and a wealth of anecdotes and illustrations, including many rare and previously unseen photographs from the ITC archives.
Cult Tv
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Release Date : 1996
Cult Tv written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Pavilion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
From Emergency Ward 10 to ER and Quatermass to the X Files, cult television programmes have held viewers in their thrall for 40 years. In the '90s, satellite broadcasters have fuelled viewers' hunger for cult shows, while the terrestrial stations have muscled in with timewarp re-runs and new classics. Shows that a few years ago could only be played in the memory are back to entertain new audiences as well as those who remember their first time on air.
Cult Tv Heroines
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Author : Catriona Miller
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-10-29
Cult Tv Heroines written by Catriona Miller and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Performing Arts categories.
From Mrs Peel to the first female Doctor Who, this book offers a timely focus on the popular phenomenon of the cult TV heroine. The enduring phenomenon of cult TV itself is carefully explored through questions of genre, the role of the audience and the external environment of technological advances and business drivers. Catriona Miller then suggests a fresh account of the psychological dimension of the phenomenon utilising Carl Jung's concepts of the transcendent function and active imagination. Her analysis of the heroines themselves considers the workings of the audio-visual text alongside narrative and character arcs, exploring the complex and contradictory ways in which the heroines are represented. Established cult TV favourites such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X Files, and Xena: Warrior Princess are examined alongside more recent shows such as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Jessica Jones and American Horror Story: Coven.