The Lord of the Rings : popular culture in global context / edited by Ernest Mathijs
- Bib ID:
- 3884279
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London ; New York : Wallflower, 2006
- xvii, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 1904764835
- 1904764827
- Full contents:
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- 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 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliograpical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring (Motion picture)
- Lord of the rings, the two towers (Motion picture)
- Lord of the rings, the return of the king (Motion picture)
- Motion pictures -- Social aspects
- Motion pictures -- Economic aspects
- Motion picture industry -- Social aspects
- Motion picture industry -- Economic aspects
- Popular culture
- Other authors/contributors:
- Mathijs, Ernest
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2006
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