Life on Mars
From Manchester to New York
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2012
224 pages
978-0-7083-2360-1 (ISBN)
Description
Life on Mars: From Manchester to New York is the first full account of this ground-breaking television drama, and uses textual analysis and cultural and contextual critique to explore the popular and critical success of the original UK series and the US remake.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
1,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7083-2360-1 (9780708323601)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
03/2012
University of Wales Press
€13.00
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Persons
Stephen Lacey is Professor of Drama, Film and Television and Ruth McElroy is Principal Lecturer in Communication, Cultural & Media Studies in the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan.
Content
- Intro
- Series Editors' Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Life on Mars
- Am I Mad, in a Coma or Back in Time?'
- Immersion versus Alienation
- Memory Banks Failing!
- Sam Tyler and the 'New North'
- 'Moonage Daydreams'
- 'Up The Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire'
- The Medium is the Monster . . . or the World?
- Consuming Retrosexualities
- American Remake - Shudder'
- The Emigration of Life on Mars
- Locating Generational and Cultural Clashes inthe Transfer of Successful Formats between the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States
- Julie Gardner and Claire Parker
- Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
- Bibliography
