Author | : Carlen Lavigne |
File Size | : 49,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 31 March 2011 |
ISBN | : 9780739146743 |
Pages | : 258 pages |
American Remakes of British Television by Carlen Lavigne Book PDF Summary
American Remakes of British Television: Transformations and Mistranslations, edited by Carlen Lavigne and Heather Marcovitch, is an international, multidisciplinary collection exploring a specific set of television remakes (including The Office, Life on Mars, Sanford and Son, What Not to Wear, and others) through the lenses of communications studies, English, history, psychology and cultural studies. What does it mean to remake a television program? What does the process of 'Americanization' entail? What might the success or failure of a remade series tell us about the differences between American and British producers and audiences? The analysis in this volume results in a rich and multifaceted overview of approaches to global television studies.