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Beyond representation : television drama and the politics and aesthetics of identity / Geraldine Harris Manchester ; New York: Manchester University Press, distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006.
Call No: 744.9 HARAuthor: Harris, Geraldine Source: USPlace: Manchester ; New YorkPublisher: Manchester University Press, distributed exclusively in the USA by PalgravePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 210 p. ; 23 cmSubject: DRAMAS ; REALISM ON TV ; AESTHETICS ; RACIAL ISSUES AND TV ; MARXISM AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND TV ; GLOBALISATION ; ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-) ; BILL, THE [TV] (UK, 1984-) ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; QUEER AS FOLK [TV] (UK, 1999-2000) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) ; [DOCTOR] DR WHO [TV] (UK, 1963-1989, 2005-) ; DYNASTY [TV] (AT, 1970) ; PRIME SUSPECT 3 [TV] (UK, David Drury, 1993) ; SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999) ; TIPPING THE VELVET [TV] (UK, Geoffrey Sax, 2002) ; WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-) ; XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS [TV] (US, 1995-) Summary: Beyond representation, poses the question, as to whether over the last 30 years, there have been signs of progress/progressiveness, in the representation of marginalised or subaltern identity categories, within television drama, in Britain, and the US. In doing so, it interrogates some of the key assumptions concerning the relationship between aesthetics and the politics of identity, that have influenced and informed television drama criticism during this period. [Taken from the back cover]Notes: Bibliography: p.191-20; Includes indexISBN: 0719074584 (hdbk)Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009
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Day of the Dove : based on the exciting television series created by Gene Roddenberry / James Blish New York: Bantam Books, 1975.
Call No: N79STA BLIAuthor: Blish, James Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Bantam BooksPubDate: 1975PhysDes: 189 p. ; 18 cmSeries: Star TrekSubject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Notes: previously published under the title Star Trek 11ISBN: 0553251694Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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The making of Star Trek / Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry New York: Ballantine, 1968.
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Telefantasy / Catherine Johnson London: British Film Institute, 2005.
Call No: 735.1Author: Johnson, Catherine Source: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2005Series: 181 p ; 23 cmSubject: TELEVISION. UK ; PRISONER, THE [TV] (UK, 1967-1968) ; STAR TREK ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) Summary: Telefantasy offers the first book-length study to consider the place of fantasy, science-fiction and horror dramas in the history of British and US television. Looking at two periods (the 1950s and the 1960s and the 1990s through to the 2000s) when telefantasy has been particularly prevalent on television, this book provides detailed historical accounts of the production of key "telefantasy" programmes: the Quatermass serials, The Prisoner, Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). [Taken from back cover].ISBN: 184570762
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The television genre book / edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 720 TELAuthor: Creeber, Glen ; Miller, Toby ; Tulloch, John Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: xi, 163 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: PROGRAMME GENRES ; DRAMAS ; SOAP OPERAS ; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR ; NEWS PROGRAMMES ; DOCUMENTARIES ; ADAPTATIONS. AUSTEN, JANE ; SOAP OPERAS ; SITUATION COMEDY ; HOMOSEXUALITY ON TV ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004) ; SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-) ; SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-) ; I LOVE LUCY [TV] (US, 1951-57) ; ROSEANNE [TV] (US, 1988- ) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; DALLAS [TV] (US, 1978-91) ; COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1993, 1994) ; TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991) ; ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-) ; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) ; HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87) ; E.R. [TV] (US, 1994 - ) ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966) ; DAY AFTER, THE (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1983) ; ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977) ; SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851708498(pbk.)
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To boldly go : Marketing the myth of Star Trek / Djoymi Baker London ; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2018.
Call No: 79 STA BACAuthor: Baker, Djoymi Edition: 2018Place: London ; New YorkPublisher: I.B. TaurisPubDate: 2018PhysDes: 298 pages ; illustrated ; 23cmSubject: STAR TREK ; STAR TREK (US/G, J.J. Abrams, 2009) ; STAR TREK [ GENERAL] ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ; STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION [TV] (US, 1987-1994) ; STAR TREK GENERATIONS (US, David Carson, 1994) ; STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [TV] (US, 1993-) ; STAR TREK VOYAGER Summary: Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of storytelling radically transformed from those of ancient Greece. They present us with narratives of contemporary customs and belief systems: our modern-day myths. This book argues that the tools of transmedia merchandising and promotional material shape viewers' experiences of the hit television series Star Trek, to reinforce the mythology of the gargantuan franchise. Media marketing utilises the show's method of recycling the narratives of classical heritage, yet it also looks forward to the future. In this way, it reminds consumers of the Star Trek story's ongoing centrality within popular culture, whether in the form of the original 1960s series, the later additions such as Voyager and Discovery or J. J. Abrams' `reboot' films. Chapters examine how oral and literary traditions have influenced the series structure and its commercial image, how the cosmological role of humanity and the Earth are explored in title sequences across various Star Trek media platforms, and the multi-faceted way in which Internet, video game and event spin-offs create rituals to consolidate the space opera's fan base. Fusing key theory from film, TV, media and folklore studies, as well as anthropology and other specialisms, To Boldly Go is an authoritative guide to the function of myth across the whole Star Trek enterprise. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781788310086Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Myth & Early US TV -- Chapter 2: The New Mythology -- Chapter 3: Star Trek Title Sequences As Cosmology -- Chapter 4: Fans, Bards, & Rituals -- Conclude… Then Reboot
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Who makes the franchise? : essays on fandom and wilderness texts in popular media / edited by Rhonda Knight and Donald Quist Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2022.
Call No: 205.26 WHOAuthor: Knight, Rhonda ; Quist, Donald Edition: 2022Place: Jefferson, North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., PublishersPubDate: 2022PhysDes: vi, 258 pages ; 23 cmSubject: FRANCHISES ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015) ; MARVEL ; GODZILLA IN FILMS ; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Summary: Fans and the billion-dollar franchises in which they participate have together become powerful agents within popular culture. These franchises have launched avenues for fans to expand and influence the stories that they tell. This book examines those fan-driven narratives as “wilderness texts,” in which fans use their platforms to create for themselves while also communicating their visions to the franchises, thus spurring innovation.
The essays in this collection look at how fans intervene in the production of mass media. Scholars analyze the negotiations between fan desires for both novelty and familiarity that franchises must maintain in order to achieve critical and commercial success. Applying varying theoretical approaches to discussions of fan responses to franchises, including Star Wars, Marvel, Godzilla, Firefly, The Terminator, Star Trek, DC, and The Muppets, these essays provide insight into the ever-changing relationships between fandom and transmedia storytelling. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781476684154Contents: We Want the Wilderness: A Preface / Donald Quist and Rhonda Knight -- An Introduction to Fans and Franchises: Essays on the Changing Landscape of Fandom / Donald Quist and Rhonda Knight with John E. Price
Section One: Fans and Canon -- The¬Pedler-Davis Legacy: Cybermen in the Doctor Who Wilderness / Rhonda Knight -- The Wild Canon: Examining the Slash Impact in Roddenberry’s Star Trek / Danielle S. Girard -- A Hero Divided: The Fractured Narrative Arc of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (1977–2014) / Jonathan Hay
Section Two: Franchises and Fans -- “What we make of it”: Terminator Salvation and the Neglect of Core Franchise Themes / Camilo Peralta -- Whose Godzilla? Rethinking the King of Monsters Through the Films / Joe Yang -- Where Auteur Fails: Zack Snyder and the Author-Function / Hannah Taylor -- The Scraps of DC: Media Ownership, Film Economics and the Arrowverse / Tim Posada -- Reminders of Life’s Impermanence: Death, Endings and Closure in Logan and Avengers: Infinity War / Mike Hernandez
Section Three: Fan Responses -- “Take me out to the black”: Firefly, Fanfiction and the (Re)Making of Modern Myths / Jim Casey and Nicola Rene Govocek -- You Always Spoof the One You Love: Thirty Years of Professional Take-Offs on The Muppet Show / Jonathan Hartmann -- “We, the fans of Star Wars”: Negotiating Resistance in an Age of Consumption / Joseph S. Walker -- Fans, Franchises and Cultural Production: What The Hobbit and Disney’s Star Wars Tell Us About the Internet and Media Entertainment Culture / Zachary Sheldon
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The world of Star Trek New York: Ballantine, [c1973].
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