Nip / Tuck: Television That Gets Under Your Skin - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845118626 ISBN 13 : 9781845118624

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2011

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Promoted as a 'disturbingly perfect' and 'deeply shallow' television drama and created by Ryan Murphy, who is also behind the teen musical show Glee, Nip/Tuck has been one of the most popular and controversial shows on cable TV. The misadventures and soap opera-esque entanglements of the lives of plastic surgeons Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) and Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) won Golden Globes and boycotts from the American Family Association. Yet, as this first full critical examination of Nip/Tuck shows, ironically the show is an examination of the American family and its many definitions, anxieties and complications of gender and sexuality, and the class issues and illusions surrounding the American dream. It is also revealed as a glorious televisual melodrama, full of Gothic tropes and contemporary sensationalism and at the same time, a deeply misanthropic satire on the American dream with a sometimes highly problematic portrayal of women and minorities. The book also features an interview with frequent Nip/Tuck director Elodie Keene and an episode guide.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Roz Kaveney, is a journalist, reviewer and cultural commentator. Her books for I.B.Tauris include 'Reading the Vampire Slayer', 'From Alien to the Matrix', 'Superheroes' and, edited with Jennifer Stoy, 'Battlestar Galactica'. Jennifer Stoy is a graduate student in English Literature at the University of Santa Barbara.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1845118626
• ISBN 13: 9781845118624
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256