Investigating Alias : secrets and spies /: secrets and spies. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stacy Abbott and Simon Brown.
• Other Names: Abbott, Stacey; Brown, Simon (Simon David)
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.4572; 791.45658; Spy television programs -- United States -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism; Spy television programs; United States; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781435691339; 1435691334; 9780857713636; 0857713639; 6612583223; 9786612583223
• Related ISBNs: 9781845114053; 1845114051
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.