+ info: Edinburgh University Press
The first book-length study of meta-phenomena in film and television series
- Works discussed include: Sunset Blvd., Fellini Roma, Twin Peaks, Scream, Community, and NO
- Explores the theory and history of meta
- Provides methodology for the analysis of meta-phenomena
“That’s so meta!” The emergence of the prefix-turned-adjective “meta” to describe media productions is, no doubt, symptomatic of an increasingly media-savvy audience; it has also drawn attention to the lack of scholarship on meta-phenomena in film and television studies.
