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book		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 HAR Author: Harris, Geraldine Source: US Place: Manchester ; New York Publisher: Manchester University Press, distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: 210 p. ; 23 cm Subject: DRAMAS; REALISM ON TV; AESTHETICS; RACE 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 WHO [TV] (UK, 1963-1989, 2005-); DYNASTY [TV] (AT, Frank Arnold & Brian Bell, 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 index ISBN: 0719074584 (hdbk) Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009 More info
book		Day of the Dove : based on the exciting television series created by Gene Roddenberry / James Blish New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Call No: N79STA BLI Author: Blish, James Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Bantam Books PubDate: 1975 PhysDes: 189 p. ; 18 cm Series: Star Trek Subject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Notes: previously published under the title Star Trek 11 ISBN: 0553251694 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The making of Star Trek / Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry New York: Ballantine, 1968. Call No: 79STA WHI Author: Whitfield, Stephen E. Place: New York Publisher: Ballantine PubDate: 1968 PhysDes: 414 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ISBN: 345026977125 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
newspaper article		Networking : to boldly go... again in The Age [Green Guide] (12/11/2015) p.2 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Author: Idato, Michael PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) Summary: A new Star Trek television series has been commisioned and which will launch in 2017. More info
Interim book		Telefantasy / Catherine Johnson London: British Film Institute, 2005. Call No: 735.1 Author: Johnson, Catherine Source: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2005 Series: 181 p ; 23 cm Subject: 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 More info
Interim book		The television genre book / edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch London: British Film Institute, 2001. Call No: 720 TEL Author: Creeber, Glen; Miller, Toby; Tulloch, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: xi, 163 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: 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, 1981-1995?); 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); ER [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 index ISBN: 0851708498(pbk.) More info
book		To boldly go : Marketing the myth of Star Trek / Djoymi Baker London ; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2018. Call No: 79 STA BAC Author: Baker, Djoymi Edition: 2018 Place: London ; New York Publisher: I.B. Tauris PubDate: 2018 PhysDes: 298 pages ; illustrated ; 23cm Subject: 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 site ISBN: 9781788310086 Contents: 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 More info
book		The world of Star Trek New York: Ballantine, [c1973]. Call No: 79STA GER Author: Gerrold, David, 1944 Place: New York Publisher: Ballantine PubDate: [c1973] PhysDes: 276 p. : illus. ; 18 cm Subject: STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-) ISBN: 0345249380 Order Received: 2000 Order Type: Donation LON: 136416 More info

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