Life on Mars :: From Manchester to New York /

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 con...

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Other Authors: Lacey, Stephen, 1952-, McElroy, Ruth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2012.
Series:Contemporary landmark television.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 1970s and 1980s. 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (226 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780708323601
070832360X
0708323596
9780708323595
9781783161126
1783161124
1299201202
9781299201200

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