Action TV: Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks

ISBN-13: 9780415226219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str.

Bill Osgerby; Anna Gough-Yates

Opis

From re-runs of classics like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to series influenced by the genre like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the action series is enjoying a revival at the centre of prime-time TV. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to the specific history, nature and appeal of the action series, and its place in popular culture, past and present. This work explores the historical development of this TV genre from its genesis in the 1950s, its place within the history of television institutions and systems of production, its relationship to other genres, and its position within broader social, cultural and political contexts.

O autorze

Bill Osgerby is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of North London. He is the author of Youth in Britain Since 1945 (1998) and Playboys in Paradise: Masculinity, Youth and the Rise of American Leisure-Style., Anna Gough-Yates lectures in the Sociology of Culture and Communication at Brunel University. She is the author of Understanding Women's Magazines (Routledge 2001).