From the Avengers to Miami Vice: Form and Ideology in Television Series (Cultural Politics)

By David Buxton

Book Overview

This book offers an analysis of a range of different British and American television series from the 1950s to the present day. Three broad categories are used to organize the analysis: human nature (Bonanza, The Untouchables, The Invaders, Star Trek); pop (The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Man from UNCLE, Mission: Impossible) and the police series (Hawaii 5.O, Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, Miami Vice).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719029937
• ISBN13: 9780719029936
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.