Henry Jenkins, John Tulloch

Science Fiction Audiences

Watching Star Trek and Doctor Who

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Science Fiction Audiences responds to a rich fan culture which encompasses debates about fan aesthetics, teenage attitudes to science fiction, queers and Star Trek, and ideology and pleasure in Doctor Who. It is a book both for fans of the series, who will be able to continue their debates in its pages, and for students of media and cultural studies, offering a historical overview of audience theory in a fascinating synthesis of text, context and audience study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780415061414
• ISBN-10: 0415061415
• Artikelnr.: 23909176

Autorenporträt

Henry Jenkins, John Tulloch

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section I 1. Beyond the Star Trek Phenomenon:
Reconceptualizing the Science Fiction Audience 2. Positioning the SF
Audience: Star Trek, Doctor Who and the Texts of Science Fiction 3. The
Changing Audiences of Science Fiction Section II 4. `Throwing a Little Bit
of Poison into Future Generations': Doctor Who Audiences and Ideology 5.
`It's Meant To Be Fantasy': Teenage Audiences and Genre 6. `But Why is
Doctor Who So Attractive': Negotiating Ideology and Pleasure 7. `But He's a
Time Lord! He's A Time Lord!': Reading Formations, Followers and Fans 8.
`We're Only A Speck In The Ocean': The Fans as Powerless Elite Section III
9. `Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations': Genre and Authorship in
Star Trek