Cult Television 1st Edition by Sara Gwenllian Jones ISBN 0816638306 9780816638307

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ISBN 10: 0816638306 

ISBN 13: 9780816638307

Author: Sara Gwenllian Jones 

Exploring the definition and appeal of cult TV from Emma Peel to Buffy

A television series is tagged with the label “cult” by the media, advertisers, and network executives when it is considered edgy or offbeat, when it appeals to nostalgia, or when it is considered emblematic of a particular subculture. By these criteria, almost any series could be described as cult. Yet certain programs exert an uncanny power over their fans, encouraging them to immerse themselves within a fictional world.

In Cult Television leading scholars examine such shows as The X-Files; The Avengers; Doctor Who, Babylon Five; Star Trek; Xena, Warrior Princess; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to determine the defining characteristics of cult television and map the contours of this phenomenon within the larger scope of popular culture. Contributors: Karen Backstein; David A. Black, Seton Hall U; Mary Hammond, Open U; Nathan Hunt, U of Nottingham; Mark Jancovich; Petra Kuppers, Bryant College; Philippe Le Guern, U of Angers, France; Alan McKee; Toby Miller, New York U; Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern U; Eva Vieth. 

Table of contents:

Contents
Introduction
Sara Gwenllian-Jones and Roberta E. Pearson
Part I. Cult
1. Toward a Constructivist Approach to Media Cults
Philippe Le Guern
2. The Mainstream, Distinction, and Cult TV
Mark Jancovich and Nathan Hunt
3. Quality Science Fiction: Babylon 5’s Metatextual Universe
Petra Kuppers
4. “Bright Particular Star”: Patrick Stewart, Jean-Luc Picard, and Cult Television
Roberta Pearson
Part II. Fictions
5. Virtual Reality and Cult Television
Sara Gwenllian-Jones
6. Charactor; or, The Strange Case of Uma Peel
David A. Black
7. Flexing Those Anthropological Muscles: X-Files, Cult TV, and the Representation of Race and Ethnicity
Karen Backstein
8. Monsters and Metaphors: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Old World
Mary Hammond
Part III. Fans
9. How to Tell the Difference between Production and Consumption: A Case Study in Doctor Who Fandom
Alan McKee
10. Trainspotting The Avengers
Toby Miller
11. Star Trek, Heaven’s Gate, and Textual Transcendence
Jeffrey Sconce
12. A Kind of German Star Trek: Raumpatrouille Orion and the Life of a Cult TV Series
Eva Vieth
Contributors

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