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Shimpach, Shawn.
Television in transition : the life and afterlife of the narrative action hero / Shawn Shimpach. - Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - x, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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?
9781405185363 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405185368 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405185356 (pbk. : alk. paper) 140518535X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Heroes on television.
Action and adventure television programs--History and criticism.--United States
Action and adventure television programs--History and criticism.--Great Britain
PN1992.8.A317 / S55 2010
791.45652 / S55
Television in transition : the life and afterlife of the narrative action hero / Shawn Shimpach. - Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - x, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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?
9781405185363 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405185368 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405185356 (pbk. : alk. paper) 140518535X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Heroes on television.
Action and adventure television programs--History and criticism.--United States
Action and adventure television programs--History and criticism.--Great Britain
PN1992.8.A317 / S55 2010
791.45652 / S55