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Artikel-Nr:
9780739183342
Veröffentl:
2014
Seiten:
363
Autor:
Carlen Lavigne
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne, examines multiple definitions of television remakes, from reboots (like Charlie’s Angels) to adaptations (The Walking Dead) and sequels (Doctor Who). It addresses cross-cultural issues while also interrogating the changing contexts and challenges posed by generational and media format shifts.
Remakes are pervasive in today’s popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, “re-imaginings,” or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven’t made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis.
In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne, contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961–69) and The X-Files (1993–2002) to current hits like Doctor Who (2005–present) and The Walking Dead (2010–present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts—or about the medium of television itself.
In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne, contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961–69) and The X-Files (1993–2002) to current hits like Doctor Who (2005–present) and The Walking Dead (2010–present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts—or about the medium of television itself.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Carlen Lavigne
Part I: Debates and Definitions
1.Interrogating The Walking Dead: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Zombie Matrix William Proctor
2.A Remake by Any Other Name: Use of a Premise Under a New Title
Steven Gil
3.The Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised
Ryan Lizardi
4.Multiverses and Multiversions: Meditations on the Rebootings of Fringe
Heather Marcovitch
5.Look—(Stop Me If You’ve Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies: The Avengers Through the Swinging 60s
James W. Martens
Part II: Remakes and the American Cultural Moment
6.Once Upon A Time in the 21st Century: Beauty and the Beast as Post-9/11 Fairytale
Carlen Lavigne
7.Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost: Politics, Football, and Friday Night Lights
Matthew Paproth
8.“These Aren’t Your Mother’s Angels”: Feminism, Jiggle Television and Charlie’s Angels
Cristina Lucia Stasia
Part III: Exploring the Remake
9.Forbrydelsen, The Killing, Duty, and Ethics
Karen Hellekson
10.“I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By”: Dis/ability and Difference in Teen Wolf
Kimberley McMahon-Coleman
11.That Haunting, Eerie Return: Narrative, Genre, and Iconography in Dark Shadows and Dark Shadows: The Revival
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
12.Smart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy: (Re)Making Sherlock Holmes as a 21st-Century Superstar
Lynnette Porter
13.Remaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption: Jamie’s School Dinners Comes to America
Helen Thornham and Elke Weissmann
14.Who are we? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st Century
Paul Booth and Jef Burnham
15.“More Village”: Redeveloping The Prisoner
Peter Clandfield
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Carlen Lavigne
Part I: Debates and Definitions
1.Interrogating The Walking Dead: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Zombie Matrix William Proctor
2.A Remake by Any Other Name: Use of a Premise Under a New Title
Steven Gil
3.The Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised
Ryan Lizardi
4.Multiverses and Multiversions: Meditations on the Rebootings of Fringe
Heather Marcovitch
5.Look—(Stop Me If You’ve Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies: The Avengers Through the Swinging 60s
James W. Martens
Part II: Remakes and the American Cultural Moment
6.Once Upon A Time in the 21st Century: Beauty and the Beast as Post-9/11 Fairytale
Carlen Lavigne
7.Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost: Politics, Football, and Friday Night Lights
Matthew Paproth
8.“These Aren’t Your Mother’s Angels”: Feminism, Jiggle Television and Charlie’s Angels
Cristina Lucia Stasia
Part III: Exploring the Remake
9.Forbrydelsen, The Killing, Duty, and Ethics
Karen Hellekson
10.“I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By”: Dis/ability and Difference in Teen Wolf
Kimberley McMahon-Coleman
11.That Haunting, Eerie Return: Narrative, Genre, and Iconography in Dark Shadows and Dark Shadows: The Revival
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
12.Smart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy: (Re)Making Sherlock Holmes as a 21st-Century Superstar
Lynnette Porter
13.Remaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption: Jamie’s School Dinners Comes to America
Helen Thornham and Elke Weissmann
14.Who are we? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st Century
Paul Booth and Jef Burnham
15.“More Village”: Redeveloping The Prisoner
Peter Clandfield
Contributors
Index