| Description |
xiv, 297 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Media and culture,
1098-4208 ;
v. 3
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Media and culture ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Researching The Lord of the Rings: Audiences and Contexts / Martin Barker, Kate Egan, Stan Jones, and Ernest Mathijs -- 1. The Lord of the Rings: Selling the Franchise / Janet Wasko -- 2. An Avalanche of Attention: The Prefiguration and Reception of The Lord of the Rings / Daniel Biltereyst, Ernest Mathijs, and Philippe Meers -- 3. Promotional Frame Makers and the Meaning of the Text: The Case of The Lord of the Rings / Breda Luthar -- 4. What Do Female Fans Want? Blockbusters, The Return of the King, and U.S. Audiences / Barbara Klinger -- 5. The Books, the DVDs, the Extras, and Their Lovers / Kate Egan and Martin Barker -- 6. Understanding Disappointment: The Australian Book Lovers and Adaptation / Sue Turnbull -- 7. Involvement in The Lord of the Rings: Audience Strategies and Orientations / Lothar Mikos, Susanne eichner, Elizabeth Prommer, and Michael Wedel -- 8. Global Flows and Local Identifications? The Lord of the Rings and the Cross-National Reception of Characters and Genres / Giselinde Kuipers and Jeroen De Kloet -- 9. The Functions of Fantasy: A Comparison of Audiences for The Lord of the Rings in Twelve Countries / Martin Barker -- 10. Beyond Words? The Return of the King and the Pleasures of the Text / Sue Turnbull -- 11. Heroism in the Return of the King / Jose Javier Sanchez Arande, Joseba Bonaut, and Marla del Mar Grandio -- 12. The Fantasy of Reading: Moments of Reception of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King / Daniel Biltereyst and Sofie Van Bauwel -- 13. Understanding Text as Cultural Practice and as Dynamic Process of Making / Lothar Mikos -- 14. Our Methodological Challenges and Solutions / Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs, and Alberto Trobia |
| Subject |
Lord of the Rings films -- History and criticism.
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Lord of the Rings films. |
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
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| Added Author |
Barker, Martin, 1946-
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Mathijs, Ernest.
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| ISBN |
9780820463964 paperback alkaline paper |
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0820463965 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780820463971 cbk. alkaline paper |
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0820463973 cbk. alkaline paper |
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