Book Reviews. Issue 2 (1st September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Edwards, Leigh H.; Johnston, Derek; Stigler, Elizabeth; Geraghty, Lincoln; Kleinecke-Bates, Iris
• Is Part Of: Journal of popular television. Volume 1:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2013-09-01
• Subjects: Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 791.4505
• DOI: 10.1386/jptv.1.2.273_5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-9861

Abstract

Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status, Michael Z. Newman and Elana Levine (2012) New York: Routledge, 232 pp., ISBN: 9780415880251, h/bk, $150.00; ISBN: 9780415880268, p/bk, $36.951950s 'Rocketman' TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper (eds) (2012) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 270 pp., ISBN: 9780230377318, h/bk, $90Television, Sex, and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations, Basil Glynn, James Aston and Beth Johnson (eds) (2012) London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 196 pp., ISBN: 9780826434982, p/bk, $24Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series, Louisa Ellen Stein and Kristina Busse (eds) (2012) Jefferson: McFarland, 241 pp., ISBN: 0786468181, p/bk, $40.Television, Memory and Nostalgia, Amy Holdsworth (2011) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 192 pp., ISBN 9780230245983, hbk, £50.