Bibliograph

The cult TV book, from Star trek to Dexter, new approaches to TV outside the box, edited by Stacey Abbott

Type

Label

The cult TV book, from Star trek to Dexter, new approaches to TV outside the box, edited by Stacey Abbott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-259) and index"Television and film guide": pages 260-267

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cult TV book

Nature of contents

filmographiesbibliography

Oclc number

466334757

Responsibility statement

edited by Stacey Abbott

Sub title

from Star trek to Dexter, new approaches to TV outside the box

Table Of Contents

Introduction : "never give up" "never surrender": the resilience of cult television / Stacey Abbott. Defining cult TV: history, aesthetics, discourses. Observations on cult television / Roberta Pearson -- Members only: cult TV from margins to mainstream / Sergio Angelini & Miles Booy -- The aesthetics of Cult television / Rhonda V. Wilcox -- Babylon 5 / Sergio Angelini -- Playing hard to "get", how to write cult TV / Jane Espenson -- The Twilight zone / Stan Beeler -- Reading cult TV: texts and contexts. The Avengers/New Avengers / Paul Sutton -- Mainstream cult / Matt Hills -- Transgressive TV / Jes Battis -- Innovative TV / Stacey Abbott -- Representation: exploring issues of sex, gender, and race in cult television / Lorna Jowett -- Boldly going: music and cult TV / Janet K. Halfyard -- Constructing cult TV: the broadcast industry and cult television. The Star Trek franchise / Lincoln Gerraghty -- Cult TV and the television industry / Catherine Johnson -- Cult channels : Showtime, FX and cult TV / Simon Brown -- Through the oblong window: the regulated duopoly and the creation of cult children's 'canon' in Britain / Tat Wood -- Cult TV and new media / Denzell Richards -- Dr. Who / Miles Booy -- Writing tie-in's / Nancy Holder -- Southpark / David Simmons -- The cult in cult TV: audiences, fans and fandom. Dark Shadows / Stacey Abbott -- Television and the cult audience: a primer / Hillary Robson -- The cult of cult TV / Dick Fiddy -- Subcultural celebrity / Matt Hills -- Sapphire & Steel / Sergio Angelini -- Gen, slash, OT3s and crossover : the varieties of fan fiction / Roz Kaveney

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