Watching Dallas again 3: Reassessing Ien Ang's Watching Dallas

This audience reception project performs an audience study of the first season of the new Dallas (2012–14). It draws on Ien Ang's Watching Dallas ([1982] 1985) to analyze the production of irony and nostalgia. We observe that the blend of ironic viewing and nostalgia results in a more ironic, r...

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Main Authors: Toon Heesakkers, Ward van Hoof, Anne Jager, Amanda Gilroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2015-06-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0649