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Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle

Paperback by Lavigne, Carlen; Proctor, William; Gil, Steven; Lizardi, Ryan; Marcovitch, Heather; Martens, James W.; Paproth, Matthew; Stasia, Cristina Lucia; Hellekson, Karen; McMahon-Coleman, Kimberley; Piatti-Farnell, Lorna; Porter, Lynnette; Thornham, Helen; Weissmann, Elke; Booth, Paul; Burnham, Jef; Clandfield, Peter

Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle

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ISBN:
9781498550475
Publication Date:
14 Nov 2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:
Lexington Books
Pages:
264 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 - 18 Aug 2026
Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle

Description

Remakes are pervasive in today's popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, "re-imaginings," or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven't made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis. In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne,contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961-69) and The X-Files (1993-2002) tocurrent hits like Doctor Who (2005-present) and The Walking Dead (2010-present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts-or about the medium of television itself.

Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Carlen Lavigne Part I: Debates and Definitions Interrogating The Walking Dead: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Zombie Matrix William ProctorA Remake by Any Other Name: Use of a Premise Under a New Title Steven GilThe Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised Ryan LizardiMultiverses and Multiversions: Meditations on the Rebootings of Fringe Heather MarcovitchLook-(Stop Me If You've Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies: The Avengers Through the Swinging 60s James W. MartensPart II: Remakes and the American Cultural Moment Once Upon A Time in the 21st Century: Beauty and the Beast as Post-9/11 Fairytale Carlen LavigneClear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost: Politics, Football, and Friday Night Lights Matthew Paproth"These Aren't Your Mother's Angels": Feminism, Jiggle Television and Charlie's Angels Cristina Lucia StasiaPart III: Exploring the Remake Forbrydelsen, The Killing, Duty, and Ethics Karen Hellekson"I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By": Dis/ability and Difference in Teen Wolf Kimberley McMahon-ColemanThat Haunting, Eerie Return: Narrative, Genre, and Iconography in Dark Shadows and Dark Shadows: The Revival Lorna Piatti-FarnellSmart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy: (Re)Making Sherlock Holmes as a 21st-Century Superstar Lynnette PorterRemaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption: Jamie's School Dinners Comes to America Helen Thornham and Elke WeissmannWho are we? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st Century Paul Booth and Jef Burnham"More Village": Redeveloping The Prisoner Peter ClandfieldContributors Index

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