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Item Details
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SAINTS AND AVENGERS
BRITISH ADVENTURE SERIES OF THE 1960S |
| By: |
James Chapman |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£130.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1860647537 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781860647536 |
| Publisher: |
I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD. |
| Pub. date: |
26 April, 2002 |
| Series: |
Popular TV Genres |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
British detective thrillers of the 1960s amused millions and are still shown internationally today. This book investigates these ironic, eccentric and knowingly stylish series and finds out in what way they represent the British idea of themselves. |
| Synopsis: |
Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this television genre for the first time. Saints and Avengers uses case studies to look, for example, at the adventure series' representations of national identity and the world of the sixties and seventies. Chapman also proves his central thesis: that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests. |
| Illustrations: |
b/w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
I.B.Tauris |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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