Cult television / Sara Gwenllian-Jones and Roberta E. Pearson, editors.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gwenllian-Jones, Sara
Pearson, Roberta E.
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2004], ©2004.
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Physical Description:xx, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • pt 1. Cult ; 1. Toward a constructivist approach to media cults / Philippe Le Guern ; 2. The mainstream, distinction, and cult TV / Mark Jancovich and Nathan Hunt ; 3. Quality science fiction / Petra Kuppers ; 4. "Bright particular star" / Roberta Pearson
  • pt. 2. Fictions ; 5. Virtual reality and cult television / Sara Gwenllian-Jones ; 6. Charactor, or, The strange case of Uma Peel / David A. Black ; 7. Flexing those anthropological muscles / Karen Backstein ; 8. Monsters and metaphors / Mary Hammond
  • pt. 3. Fans ; 9. How to tell the difference between production and consumption / Alan McKee ; 10. Trainspotting The Avengers / Toby Miller ; 11. Star Trek, Heaven's Gate, and textual transcendence / Jeffrey Sconce ; 12. A kind of German Star Trek / Eva Vieth.