Spy Television

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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For half a century, television spies have been trained professionals, reluctant heroes, housewives, businessmen, criminals, and comedians. They have by turns been glamorous, campy, reflective, sexy, and aloof. This is the first book-length treatment of one of TV's oldest and most fascinating genres. Britton's comprehensive guide provides readers, from casual viewers to die-hard fans, with behind-the-scenes stories to this notable segment of television entertainment.From the early 1960s, in which television spies were used essentially as anti-Communist propaganda, through the subsequent years that both built upon and parodied this model, and finally to today's gadget-laden world of murky motives and complex global politics, spy television has served as much more than mere escapism. From the beginning, television spies opened doors for new kinds of heroes. Women quickly took center stage alongside men, and minority leads in spy programs paved the way for other kinds of roles on the small screen. For half a century, television spies have been trained professionals, reluctant heroes, housewives, businessmen, criminals, and comedians. They have by turns been glamorous, campy, reflective, sexy, and aloof. This is the first book-length treatment of one of TV's oldest and most fascinating genres.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-01-30
Mått156 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt624 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275981631

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionDefining a GenreThe Roots of a Family TreeBond, Beatles, and Camp: The Men from U.N.C.L.EMore British than Bond: John Steed, The Avengers, and Feminist Role-PlayingCold War Sports and Games: I Spy and Radical PoliticsThe Cold War and Existential Fables: Danger Man, Secret Agent, and The PrisonerThe Page and the Screen: The Saint and Robin Hood SpiesInterchangeable Parts: Missions: ImpossibleBond on the Prarie: From The Wild Wild West to the Secret Adventures of Jules VerneTongues in Cheek to Tongues Sticking Out: Get Smart and the Spoofing of a GenreAlso Rans and New Branches: Network Secret Agents from 1963-1980Reagan, Le Carre, Clancy, Cynicism, and Cable: Down to Earth in the 1980s and 1990sThe Return of Fantasy and the Dark Nights of Spies: The X-Files, La Femme Nikita, and the New MillenniumActive and Inactive FILES: Alias, 24, The Agency and 21st Century SpiesConclusionThe Past, Present, and Future of TV Espionage: Why Spies?Chapter NotesReferences