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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824574003321

Titolo

Life on Mars : from Manchester to New York / / edited by Stephen Lacey and Ruth McElroy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2012

ISBN

1-299-20120-2

0-7083-2360-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Contemporary landmark television

Altri autori (Persone)

LaceyStephen

McElroyRuth

Disciplina

914.2

Soggetti

Science fiction television programs - Great Britain

Science fiction television programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Quality TV : form and aesthetics -- pt. 2. Contesting the past -- pt. 3. Recalling the past -- pt. 4. Life on Mars as international television -- pt. 5. Debating production.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first full-length academic study of Life on Mars (and its successor, Ashes to Ashes), and seeks to account for the series' innovative form and popular appeal. Paying attention to issues of genre and hybridity, the book examines televisual and cultural memory, press and reception contexts and analyses the ways in which both series represent Britain in the 1970's and 1980's. The book also discusses the remakes of Life on Mars in the USA and Spain, acknowledging both the specific address to particular situations and the ways in which key elements are re-worked in different national cont