Action TV: Tough Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks - Couverture rigide

 
9780415226202: Action TV: Tough Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0415226201 ISBN 13 : 9780415226202
Editeur : Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

From re-runs of 'TV classics' like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to soundtracks, club nights and film remakes such as Mission Impossible II, the action series is enjoying a popular revival. Yet little attention has been paid to the history, nature and enduring appeal of the action series, and its place in popular culture, past and present.
Action TV traces the development of the action series from its genesis in the 1950s. From The Saint to Knigh t Rider, contributors explore the key shows which defined the genre, addressing issues of audiences and consumption, gender and sexuality, fashion and popular culture. They examine the institutional and cultural factors influencing the action series, and relate shifts in the genre to other forms of popular culture including film, pop music, fashion and popular literature.
Chapters include:
* Of leather suits and kinky boots: The Avengers, style and popular culture
* 'Who loves ya, baby?': Kojak, action and the great society
*'A lone crusader in a dangerous world': heroics of science and technology in Knight Rider
* Angels in chains? feminism, femininity and consumer culture in Charlie's Angels
* 'Who's the cat that won't cop out?' Black masculinity in American action shows of the sixties and seventies

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À propos de l?auteur

Bill Osgerby is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of North London. He is the author of Youth in Britain Since 1945 (1998) and Playboys in Paradise: Masculinity, Youth and the Rise of American Leisure-Style., Anna Gough-Yates lectures in the Sociology of Culture and Communication at Brunel University. She is the author of Understanding Women's Magazines (Routledge 2001).

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415226201
ISBN 13 
9780415226202
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Éditeur
Gough-Yates Anna, Osgerby Bill, Yates Anna Gough
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780415226219: Action TV: Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  041522621X ISBN 13 :  9780415226219
Editeur : Routledge, 2001
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