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Informationen zum Autor Carlen Lavigne holds a Ph.D. in communications studies and teaches at Red Deer College in Alberta, Canada. She is the co-editor of American Remakes of British Television: Transformations and Mistranslations and the author of Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and Science Fiction: A Critical Study. Klappentext Remakes are pervasive in today's popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, "re-imaginings," or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven't made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis. In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne, contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961-69) and The X-Files (1993-2002) to current hits like Doctor Who (2005-present) and The Walking Dead (2010-present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts-or about the medium of television itself. Zusammenfassung Remake Television: Reboot! Re-use! Recycle! edited by Carlen Lavigne! examines multiple definitions of television remakes! from reboots (like Charlie's Angels) to adaptations (The Walking Dead) and sequels (Doctor Who). It addresses cross-cultural issues while also interrogating the changing contexts and challenges posed by generational and media format shifts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCarlen LavignePart I: Debates and Definitions1.Interrogating The Walking Dead: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Zombie Matrix William Proctor2.A Remake by Any Other Name: Use of a Premise Under a New TitleSteven Gil3.The Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised Ryan Lizardi4.Multiverses and Multiversions: Meditations on the Rebootings of FringeHeather Marcovitch5.Look-(Stop Me If You've Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies: The Avengers Through the Swinging 60sJames W. MartensPart II: Remakes and the American Cultural Moment6.Once Upon A Time in the 21st Century: Beauty and the Beast as Post-9/11 FairytaleCarlen Lavigne7.Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost: Politics, Football, and Friday Night LightsMatthew Paproth8."These Aren't Your Mother's Angels": Feminism, Jiggle Television and Charlie's AngelsCristina Lucia StasiaPart III: Exploring the Remake9.Forbrydelsen, The Killing, Duty, and EthicsKaren Hellekson10."I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By": Dis/ability and Difference in Teen Wolf Kimberley McMahon-Coleman11.That Haunting, Eerie Return: Narrative, Genre, and Iconography in Dark Shadows and Dark Shadows: The RevivalLorna Piatti-Farnell12.Smart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy: (Re)Making Sherlock Holmes as a 21st-Century SuperstarLynnette Porter13.Remaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption: Jamie's School Dinners Comes to AmericaHelen Thornham and Elke Weissmann14.Who are we? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st CenturyPaul Booth and Jef Burnham15."More Village": Redeveloping The PrisonerPeter ClandfieldContributorsIndex...
