American remakes of British television transformations and mistranslations / edited by Carlen Lavigne and Heather Marcovitch.
| Other author | Lavigne, Carlen, 1976- |
| Other author | Marcovitch, Heather, 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, |
| Description | 48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Carlen Lavigne and Heather Marcovitch -- Methods and mechanics. British television in the American marketplace / Jeanette Steemers -- No contest : American idol and the culture of competition / Daniel Downes -- Americanization, Hollywoodization, or English-language market variation? comparing British and American versions of Cracker / Albert Moran -- A Hollywood gamble : Blackpool, Viva Laughlin, and the failed mechanics of Americanization / Carlen Lavigne -- Personal and political. Public education : What not to wear in the United Kingdom and the United States / Jennifer Andrews and Priscilla L. Walton -- "Making do" vs. "making anew" : What not to wear in Britain and America / Lisa Emmerton -- "There's nowt as Queer as Folk" : British and American televisual approaches to the politics of homosexuality / Silvia Barlaam -- Friend, boss, and entertainer? the embattled self as a guiding theme in the British and American productions of The office / Janet J. Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch -- Text and context. Memory and the 1996 American remake of Doctor Who / Karen Hellekson -- Memories of Mars : Life on Mars and the discursive practices of memory / Heather Marcovitch -- Translating the hyperreal (or how The office came to America, made us laugh, and tricked us into accepting hegemonic bureaucracy) / Paul Booth and Brian Ekdale -- Come on over! : the African-Americanization of Steptoe and son / James W. Martens. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010044010 |
| ISBN | 9780739146729 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739146743 (electronic) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |