Fantastic Transmedia

Narrative, Play and Memory Across Science Fiction and Fantasy Storyworlds
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-45500-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Contemporary culture is packed with fantasy and science fiction storyworlds extending across multiple media platforms. This book explores the myriad ways in which imaginary worlds use media like films, novels, videogames, comic books, toys and increasingly user-generated content to captivate and energise contemporary audiences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fantastic Transmedia 2. Stories and Worlds 3. Of Hobbits and Hulks: Adaptation Versus Narrative Expansion 4. Canon-Fodder: Halo and Horizontal Remembering 5. Configuring Memory in the Buffyverse 6. Material Myths and Nostalgia-Play in Star Wars 7. Fantastically Independent 8. Transmedia Memory Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Colin B. Harvey is a writer, narrative designer and academic based at King's College, London, UK. His fiction includes licensed tie-in material for Doctor Who, Highlander and Judge Dredd and Dead Kelly for Abaddon Books set in the Afterblight shared storyworld. He has authored numerous videogame story design documents for Sony and presented and written extensively on the subject of transmedia storytelling.