Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 238 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857713639
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1435691334
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1845114051
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6612583223
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9781845114053
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9780857713636
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9781435691339
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9786612583223
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9780755699773
Series Statement:
Investigating cult TV
Content:
First aired in 2001, "Alias" is a spy drama with a central action heroine, a complex narrative of moral twists, turns, lies and double-crosses, and an imaginative array of gadgets, gizmos and glamorous costumes. It has become a leading cult television series with a loyal fan following. In the wake of 9/11, "Alias'" themes of doubles and duplicity have been perfectly placed to comment on global relations and the personal paranoias of post 9/11 citizens. But as much as "Alias" reflects contemporary global politics, at its core are themes of family and relationships
Content:
Preface: five incredible years / David Lavery --Introduction: 'serious spy stuff': the cult pleasures of Alias / Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott. pt. I. Missions/counter missions: narrative and Alias. The show must go on ... and on: narrative and seriality in Alias / Henrik Örnebring -- Endoscopic spies: mapping the internal landscape of Alias / Sergio Angelini -- Sydney Bristow's 'Full disclosure': mythic structure and the fear of motherhood / Paul Zinder. pt. II. Identities/aliases: family, gender and race in Alias. The new hero: women, humanism and violence in Alias and Buffy the vampire slayer / Elizabeth Barnes -- Aliases, alienation and agency: the physical integrity of Sydney Bristow / Deborah Finding and Alice MacLachlan -- Can't live with 'em, can shoot 'em: Alias and the (thermo)nuclear family / Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott -- Alias' inversion of white heroes and brown foes / Jennifer R. Young. pt. III. Terror/counter terror: truth and morality post-9/11. The good, the bad and the justified: moral ambiguity in Alias / Sharon Sutherland and Sarah Swan -- Reflections of Deleuze: an Alias-ed critique of truth / Dyrk Ashton. pt. 4. Authorized personnel/unauthorized personnel: Alias and beyond. Accusatory glances: the evolution and dissolution of the Alias fandom in narrative history / Hillary Robson -- (Re)writing Alias? An examination of the series' fan fiction and media tie-ins / Tricia Jenkins -- Slashing Alias: viewer appropriation of Lauren Reed as commentary on female/female desire / Michaela D.E. Meyer and Linda Baughman -- Alias DVD: re-packaging American 'quality' and 'cult' television series / Denzell Richards.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845114053
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Investigating Alias London : I.B. Tauris, 2007 ISBN 9781845114053
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755699773
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