The business of action: Television history and the development of the action TV series

Action TV: Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-31

  Osgerby, Bill ^a   Gough Yates, Anna ^b   Wells, Marianne ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315011141-9     Document Type: Chapter

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