Investigating Heroes: Essays on Truth, Justice, and Quality TV

Simmons, D., (ed.) (2012) Investigating Heroes: Essays on Truth, Justice, and Quality TV. North Carolina: McFarland. 9780786459360.

Item Type:	Book
Abstract:	This collection of exciting essays explores a variety of issues surrounding Heroes, examining the series' content, marketing and reception. Also investigated is the show's fusion of "cult" and mainstream elements of television, analyzing its ability to combine so-called lowbrow elements (comic books and superheroes) with a high-quality television form prizing such factors as moral ambiguity and depth of characterization--and what this blending process suggests about the current hybrid state of genre television, and about the medium as a whole
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1992 Television broadcasts
Editors:	Simmons, David
Publisher:	McFarland
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:	2012
Date Type:	Publication
Place of Publication:	North Carolina
Number of Pages:	177
Language:	English
ISBN:	9780786459360
Status:	Published / Disseminated
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/4405

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