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001 011355172-X
005 20090417030943.0
008 070611s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007024352
020 $a9780820463964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0820463965 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780820463971 (cbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0820463973 (cbk. : alk. paper)
035 0 $aocn144570911
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPN1995.9.L58$bW38 2008
082 00 $a791.43/75$222
245 00 $aWatching the Lord of the rings :$bTolkien's world audiences /$cMartin Barker & Ernest Mathijs, editors.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$cc2008.
300 $axiv, 297 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aMedia and culture ;$vvol. 3
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-289) and index.
520 1 $a"How did audiences across the world respond to the films of The Lord of the Rings? This book presents findings from the largest film audience project ever undertaken, drawing from 25,000 questionnaire responses and a wide array of other materials."--Jacket.
505 0 $aThe Lord of the Rings: selling the franchise / Janet Wasko -- The Avalanche of attention: the prefiguration and reception of The Lord of the Rings / Daniel Biltereyst, Ernest Mathijs & Philippe Meers -- Promotional frame-makers and the meaning of the text: the case of The Lord of the Rings / Breda Luthar -- What do female fans want? Blockbusters, the Return of the King, and U.S. audiences / Barbara Klinger -- The books, the DVDs, the extras and their lovers / Martin Barker & Kate Egan -- Understanding disappointment: the Australian book lovers and adaptation / Sue Turnbull -- Involvement in The Lord of the Rings: audience strategies and orientations / Lothar Mikos [and others] -- Global flows and local identifications? The Lord of the Rings and the cross-national reception of characters and genres / Giselinde Kuipers & Jeroen De Kloet) -- The functions of fantasy: a comparison of audience responses to The Lord of the Rings in twelve countries / Martin Barker -- Beyond words?: The return of the King and the pleasures of the text / Sue Turnbull -- Heroism in the return of the king / José Javier Sánchez Aranda, Joseba Bonaut, and Maria del Mar Grandio -- The fantasy of reading: moments of reception of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King / Daniel Biltereyst and Sofie Van Bauwel -- Understanding text as cultural practice and a dynamic process of making meaning / Lothar Mikos -- Our methodological challenges and solutions / Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs & Alberto Trobia.
650 0 $aLord of the Rings films$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aTolkien, J. R. R.$q(John Ronald Reuel),$d1892-1973.$tLord of the rings.
700 1 $aBarker, Martin.
700 1 $aMathijs, Ernest.
700 1 $aBarker, Martin,$d1946-
776 08 $iOnline version:$tWatching the Lord of the rings.$dNew York : Peter Lang, ©2008$w(OCoLC)654592618
830 0 $aMedia & culture (New York, N.Y.) ;$vv. 3.
988 $a20080105
906 $0DLC