The Cult TV Book
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The Cult TV Book

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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The Cult TV Book

About this book

Cult TV is a very exciting area of contemporary television. "The Cult TV Book" is the companion reference to this TV phenomenon, whose shows push the boundaries and offer biting commentaries on society today. Cult TV is also changing. Where being cult used to mean being marginal with a small, loyal fan base, cult TV is now key to the television industry, fandom is global and online, cult status for a show is fostered by the networks, and cult series are noted for their spectacular special effects and sumptuous visual style. So, what is cult TV today?
Leading scholars, writers and journalists redefine our understanding of cult TV, with new approaches to and case studies on: Cult TV aesthetics, History of cult TV, Cult TV & new media, The 'sub-cultural celebrity', Jane Espenson on how to write cult TV, Cult TV & the broadcast industry, Music, Innovation, Cult channels, Children's cult TV, Sex, Gender, Race, Cult audiences, Transgressive TV, Cult of cult TV, Nancy Holder on writing tie-ins, TV & Film Guide, Fan fiction, "Battlestar Galactica", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Doctor Who", "The Avengers", "The Prisoner", "Quatermass", "The Sopranos", "Masters of Horror", "The Twilight Zone", "Twin Peaks", "Grey's Anatomy", "Bagpuss", "South Park", "The X Files", "Da Ali G Show", "Trailer Park Boys" and "Angel". Contributors include: Stacey Abbott, Sergio Angelini, Jes Battis, Stan Beeler, Miles Booy, Simon Brown, Bronwen Calvert, Jane Espenson, Dick Fiddy, Lincoln Geraghty, Janet K. Halfyard, Matt Hills, Nancy Holder, Catherine Johnson, Lorna Jowett, Roz Kaveney, Roberta Pearson, Denzell Richards, Hillary Robson, David Simmons, Sharon Sutherland, Paul Sutton, Sarah Swan, Donato Totaro, Rhonda V. Wilcox and Tat Wood.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781848850262
eBook ISBN
9780857711809
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Television

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. About the Contributors
  4. Introduction: 'Never Give Up - Never Surrender!': The Resilience of Cult Television
  5. Part 1 - Defining Cult TV: History, Aesthetics, Discourses
  6. Chapter 1 Observations on Cult Television
  7. Chapter 2 Members Only: Cult TV from Margins to Mainstream
  8. Case Study: Twin Peaks
  9. Chapter 3 The Aesthetics of Cult Television
  10. Chapter 4 Babylon 5
  11. Chapter 5 Playing Hard to 'Get' - How to Write Cult TV
  12. Chapter 6 The Twilight Zone
  13. Part 2 - Reading Cult TV: Texts and Contexts
  14. Chapter 7 The Avengers/The New Avengers
  15. Chapter 8 Mainstream Cult
  16. Case Study: Grey's Anatomy
  17. Chapter 9 Transgressive TV
  18. Case Study: Trailer Park Boys
  19. Case Study: Masters of Horror
  20. Chapter 10 Innovative TV
  21. Case Study: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  22. Case Study: The Prisoner
  23. Chapter 11 Representation: Exploring Issues of Sex, Gender, and Race in Cult Television
  24. Case Study: Angel
  25. Case Study: Battlestar Galactica
  26. Chapter 12 Boldly Going: Music and Cult TV
  27. Part 3 - Constructing Cult TV: The Broadcast Industry and Cult Television
  28. Chapter 13 The Star Trek Franchise
  29. Chapter 14 Cult TV and the Television Industry
  30. Case Study: HBO and The Sopranos
  31. Case Study: The Quatermass Serials
  32. Chapter 15 Cult Channels: Showtime, FX, and Cult TV
  33. Case Study: The X-Files
  34. Chapter 16 Through the Oblong Window: The Regulated Duopoly and the Creation of a Cult Children's 'Canon' in Britain
  35. Case Study: Bagpuss
  36. Chapter 17 Cult TV and New Media
  37. Chapter 18 Doctor Who
  38. Chapter 19 Writing Tie-in's
  39. Chapter 20 South Park
  40. Part 4 - The Cult in Cult TV: Audiences, Fans, and Fandom
  41. Chapter 21 Dark Shadows
  42. Chapter 22 Television and the Cult Audience: A Primer
  43. Case Study: Da Ali G Show
  44. Chapter 23 The Cult of Cult TV?
  45. Chapter 24 Subcultural Celebrity
  46. Chapter 25 Sapphire & Steel
  47. Chapter 26 Gen, Slash, OT3s, and Crossover - The Varieties of Fan Fiction
  48. Works Cited
  49. Television and Film Guide
  50. Index