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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ernest Mathijs |
| ISBN: | 9781904764823 1904764827 1904764835 9781904764830 |
| OCLC Number: | 64098191 |
| Description: | xvii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword : The extraordinary escape of The lord of the rings / Brian Silbey -- Popular culture in global context : the Lord of the rings phenomenon / Ernest Mathijs -- More than just rings : merchandise for them all / Janet Wasko and Govind Shanadi -- 'On the brink of a new threshold of opportunity ' : The lord of the rings and New Zealand cultural policy / Jennifer Lawn and Bronwyn Beatty -- Making Middle Earth sound real : The lord of the rings and the cultural politics of the BBC radio edition / Martin Barker -- Blockbusters and/as events : distributing and launching The lord of the rings / Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers -- Following the money : The lord of the rings and the culture of box office figures / Warren Buckland and Christopher Long -- 'Wellywood' and Peter Jackson : the local reception of The lord of the rings in Wellington, New Zealand / Davinia Thornley -- Reviews, previews and premieres : the critical reception of The lord of the rings in the United Kingdom / Ernest Mathijs -- 'Apocalypse now in Middle Earth' : 'genre' in the critical reception of The lord of the rings in Germany / Susanne Eichner, Lothar Mikos and Michael Wedel -- Realising the cult blockbuster : The lord of the rings fandom and residual/emergent cult status in 'the mainstream' / Matt Hills -- The lord of the rings online blockbuster fandom : pleasure and commerce / Kirsten Pullen -- 'This is what it must look like' : The lord of the rings fandom and media literacy / Judith E. Rosenbaum -- Sacred viewing : emotional responses to the The lord of the rings / Anne Jerslev -- Framing Tolkien : trailers, high concept and the ring / Erik Hedling -- Bonus material : the DVD layering of the lord of the rings / Jonathan Gray -- Playing the ring : intermediality and Ludic narratives in the Lord of the rings games / Jonathan Dovey and Helen W. Kennedy -- Cooperation versus violence : an ethnographical analysis of the Return of the king video game / Mariano Longo -- Fixing a heritage : inscribing Middle Earth onto New Zealand / Stan Jones -- Musical Middle Earth / K.J. Donnelly -- Tolkien dirty / I.Q. Hunter. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ernest Mathijs. |
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