Quality Telefantasy: How Us Quality TV Brought Zombies, Dragons and Androids Into the Mainstream

ISBN-13: 9781032156255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 194 str.

Andrew (Swinburne University of Technology) Lynch

Opis

This book explores the relatively new genre of ‘Quality Telefantasy’ and how it has broadened TV taste cultures　by legitimating and mainstreaming fantastical content. It shows how the rising popularity of this genre marks　a distinct and significant development in what kinds of TV are culturally dominant and critically regarded.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The rise of Quality Telefantasy 2. Battlestar Galactica and True Blood: Transitioning to Quality Telefantasy 3. The Walking Dead: The three key elements of Quality Telefantasy 4. Game of Thrones: Recap culture and Quality Telefantasy 5. The Marvel/Netflix superhero series: adapting comic books into Quality Telefantasy 6. Westworld: Self-reflexive Quality Telefantasy 7. Conclusion. The Future of Quality Telefantasy in (and outside) the US

O autorze

Andrew Lynch teaches cinema and screen studies in the department of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He has previously published work on telefantasy, genre and Quality TV in Quarterly Review of Film and Video and Refractory. His current research focuses on the diverse approaches of niche and marginal streaming services.