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Television in transition : the life and afterlife of the narrative action hero / Shawn Shimpach.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.Description: x, 245 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781405185356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.45652 22 SHI-T 2010 200730
Contents:
Introduction: the time and space of television in transition -- Television in transition -- The hero -- How to watch television -- Highlander : the immortal cosmopolitan -- Smallville : "no flights, no tights" : doing business with Superman -- 24 : in real time -- Doctor Who : regeneration through time and (relative dimensions in) space -- Conclusion: do when need another hero?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-226) and index.

Introduction: the time and space of television in transition -- Television in transition -- The hero -- How to watch television -- Highlander : the immortal cosmopolitan -- Smallville : "no flights, no tights" : doing business with Superman -- 24 : in real time -- Doctor Who : regeneration through time and (relative dimensions in) space -- Conclusion: do when need another hero?

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