LEADER 04281nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910972023303321 005 20240417232255.0 010 $a9780814335598 010 $a0814335594 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048094 035 $a(OCoLC)755622556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10499889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000566490 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354565 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566490 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10552839 035 $a(PQKB)10331335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3416383 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10995 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3416383 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10499889 035 $a(OCoLC)923510172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31349230 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31349230 035 $a(Perlego)4160524 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048094 100 $a20081201d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAngel /$fStacey Abbott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDetroit $cWayne State University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (133 p.) 225 1 $aTV milestones 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780814333198 311 08$a0814333192 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: A seminal show canceled by the idiot networks -- Grrr aaargh! The collective vision of mutant enemy -- Creeped out and comforted at the same time: the generic hybridity of Angel -- Does giant tentacle spew come out with dry cleaning? Angel and tv horror -- Cavemen vs. astronauts--weapons to be determined: Angel, masculinity, and male friendship -- It's a little outside the box: how Angel breaks the rules. 330 8 $aExamines the innovative approach to genre, aesthetics, narrative, and the representation of masculinity in the television series Angel. Following the phenomenal success of the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the WB Network, writers and producers Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt moved their character Angel to his own spin-off series in 1999. While Angel, which followed its namesake vampire with a soul who had become Buffy's tragic love interest, never quite matched the popularity of Buffy, the spin-off was notable for being specifically aimed at adult audiences and acquiring an intensely loyal following. In this in-depth study of Angel, Stacey Abbott demonstrates that producers of the show used the commercial convention of the spin-off not simply to repeat Buffy's successful formula but to create a complex televisual experience with its own distinct identity and creativity. Through close textual analysis of a range of individual episodes, this volume focuses on the series' unique visual style and the ways it experiments with the conventions and form of television programming. Abbott clearly situates Angel within traditions of the horror genre on television and in so doing addresses how the horror genre has evolved to suit the changing landscape of contemporary television. She also challenges the tendency to attribute the success of contemporary cult television to a sole auteur by examining the contribution of Angel's writing team and addressing how contemporary television is characterized by a collective creativity. Finally, while there has been a vast amount of scholarly interest in Angel's parent show in terms of feminist issues, this volume positions Angel as a key text within gender and feminist studies that offers a clever deconstruction of contemporary masculinity. In all, Abbott argues that Angel uses narrative, genre, visual style, and theme to create an ambiguous moral landscape in which characters struggle to negotiate the correct path when the consequences of their actions are unknown. Fans of Angel and students and scholars of film and television studies will enjoy this thought-provoking analysis of the series. 410 0$aContemporary approaches to film and television series.$pTV milestones. 676 $a791.45/72 700 $aAbbott$b Stacey$01634045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972023303321 996 $aAngel$94355852 997 $aUNINA