Bibliographische Detailangaben
Beteiligte: Chapman, James
veröffentlicht:
London : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2002.
©2002.
Teil von: Popular Television Genres Series
Medientyp: Buch, E-Book

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Umfang: 1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN: 9780857716637
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Sprache: Englisch
Teil von: Popular Television Genres Series
Schlagwörter:
Print version:: Chapman, James, Saints and Avengers, London : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited,c2002
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Kollektion: E-Books adlr
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Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this unique television genre for the first time. He uses case studies to look, for example, at the thrillers' representations of national identity and the world of the sixties and seventies. He also proves his central thesis: that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests.

Intro
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Dirty Work Danger Man
2 Is There Honey Still For Tea? The Avengers
3 The English Knight Errant The Saint
4 Swinging Britain Adam Adamant Lives!
5 Have Gun, Will Travel Man in a Suitcase
6 Return from Shangri-La The Champions
7 The Marie Celeste Department S
8 The Ghostly Detectives Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
9 The Bohemian Touch Jason King
10 The Special Relationship The Persuaders!
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.