Serenity

Joss Whedon's Serenity (2005) is at once a symbol of failure and a triumphant success of fan activism. This book examines the relationship between the film and its peculiar cult following and situates the film in relation to the series Firefly and its other transmedia continuations to plumb the status of different media texts and their platforms.

Summary

Joss Whedon’s Serenity (2005) is at once a symbol of failure and a triumphant success of fan activism. This book examines the relationship between the film and its peculiar cult following and situates the film in relation to the series Firefly and its other transmedia continuations to plumb the status of different media texts and their platforms.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Blichert
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780231182331
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18233-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Cultographies; Cultographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film history, theory or criticism