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Joss Whedon
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Joss Whedon
A comprehensive analysis of Whedon's role in shaping the twenty-first-century TV landscape, featuring unique access to drafts of scripts and other source material. The book offers both detailed assessments of individual episodes and overarching histories of production. An essential and timely contribution to TV scholarship.
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This book assesses Joss Whedon's contribution to US television and popular culture. Examining everything from his earliest work to his most recent tweets and activist videos, it explores his complex and contradictory roles as both cult outsider and blockbuster filmmaker.
Crucially, Joss Whedon insists on the wider industrial, technological, political, and economic contexts that have both influenced and been influenced by Whedon, rejecting the notion of Whedon as an isolated television auteur.
Using key source material, with exclusive access to drafts of many of the episodes across Whedon's career, as well as unique correspondence with Whedon collaborator Jane Espenson, this book offers unparalleled access to the creative process that helped produce the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, and Firefly.
Energetic, engaging, and informed by detailed scholarship and theoretical rigour, the book is not just an essential addition to the study of Whedon, but a timely and important re-invigoration of television studies in general.
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Joss Whedon by Matthew Pateman is praised for its detailed research into Whedon's major television works, providing insightful context about creative relationships and the TV industry's structure. It's seen as an essential read for Whedon scholars and fans, offering a new perspective on his role as a significant figure in contemporary television and media.
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ISBN: 9780719077814
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 May 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Illustration: 15 black & white illustrations, 2 charts
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Matthew Pateman is Head of Department of Media at Edge Hill University and Professor of Contemporary Popular Aesthetics
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