Serials and Series

Serials and Series
Author: Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476604487

While many fans remember The Lone Ranger, Ace Drummond and others, fewer focus on the facts that serials had their roots in silent film and that many foreign studios also produced serials, though few made it to the United States. The 471 serials and 100 series (continuing productions without the cliffhanger endings) from the United States and 136 serials and 37 series from other countries are included in this comprehensive reference work. Each entry includes title, country of origin, year, studio, number of episodes, running time or number of reels, episode titles, cast, production credits, and a plot synopsis.

Serials Management

Serials Management
Author: Dora Chen Chiou-sen
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838906583

This book advises librarians, paraprofessional library supervisors, and library school students on problems unique to the management of serials.

To Be Continued...

To Be Continued...
Author: Robert C. Allen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113483702X

To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await the next episode of As the World Turns, The Rich Also Weep or Eastenders. But the popularity of soap operas in Britain and the US pales in comparison to the role that they play in media cultures in other parts of the world. To Be Continued... investigates both the cultural specificity of television soap operas and their reception in other cultures, covering soap production and soap watching in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. The contributors consider the nature of soap as a media text, the history of the serial narrative as a form, and the role of the soap opera in the development of feminist media criticism. To Be Continued... presents the first scholarly examination of soap opera as global media phenomenon.

AACR2 and Serials

AACR2 and Serials
Author: Neal Edgar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1136804935

In this important and scholarly book nearly two dozen American librarians discuss the difficulties created by AACR2 with regard to bibliographic control and management of serials in libraries.

New Serial Titles

New Serial Titles
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1776
Release: 1990
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.

Female Action Heroes

Female Action Heroes
Author: Gladys L. Knight
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2010-06-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313376131

This book offers 25 profiles of some of the most popular female action heroes throughout the history of film, television, comic books, and video games. Female action heroes, like other fictional characters, not only reveal a lot about society, but greatly influence individuals in society. It is no surprise that the gradual development and increase in the number of female action heroes coincides with societal changes and social movements, such as feminism. Nor is it a surprise that characteristics of female action heroes echo the progressive toughening of women and young girls in the media. Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television brings to the forefront the historical representation of women and girls in film, television, comic books, and video games. The book includes profiles of 25 of the most popular female action heroes, arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. Each chapter includes sections on the hero's origins, her power suit, weapons, abilities, and the villains with whom she grapples. Most significantly, each profile offers an analysis of the hero's story—and her impact on popular culture.