Saints and Avengers
Saints and Avengers
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Zusammenfassung
British detective thrillers of the 1960s amused millions and are still shown internationally today. This book investigates these ironic, eccentric and knowingly stylish series and finds out in what way they represent the British idea of themselves.
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Saints and Avengers by James Chapman
Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this television genre for the first time. Saints and Avengers uses case studies to look, for example, at the adventure series' representations of national identity and the world of the sixties and seventies. Chapman also proves his central thesis: that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests.
Journal of British Cinema and Television: "readable and pathbreaking book" "subtle and perspicacious" "deserves a wide readership" Journal of Contemporary History: "..an eloquent case for the significance of these programmes."
James Chapman is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the Open University and is the author of The British at War and Licence to Thrill (both I.B.Tauris)
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860647543 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860647545 |
| Titel | Saints and Avengers |
| Autor | James Chapman |
| Serie | Popular Tv Genres |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | I.b.tauris |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-04-26 |
| Seitenanzahl | 296 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |