The first book-length study of meta-phenomena in film and television series.

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When a work of art shows an interest in its own status as a work of art-either by reference to itself or to other works-we have become accustomed to calling thi

The idea of metatextuality is frequently framed as a recent television development and often paired with the idea that it represents genre exhaustion. US televi

This collective book analyzes seriality as a major phenomenon increasingly connecting audiovisual narratives (cinematic films and television series) in the 20th