{"product_id":"sense8-deborah-shaw-9781501379604","title":"Sense8: Transcending Television","description":"This collection explores the many ways in which the Netflix series \u003ci\u003eSense8\u003c\/i\u003e transcends television. As its characters transcend physical and psychological borders of gender and geography, so the series itself transcends those between television, new media platforms and new screen technologies, while dissolving those between its producers, stars, audiences and fans. \u003ci\u003eSense8\u003c\/i\u003eunited, inspired and energized a global community of fans that realized its own power by means of online interaction and a successful campaign to secure a series finale. The series' playful but poignant exploration of globalization, empathy, transnationalism, queer and trans aesthetics, gender fluidity, imagined communities and communities of sentiment also inspired the interdisciplinary range of contributors to this volume. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection, leading academics illuminate Sense8 as a progressive and challenging series that points to vital, multifarious, contemporary social, political, aesthetic and philosophical concerns. \u003ci\u003eSense8: Transcending Television\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than an academic examination of a series; it is an account and analysis of the way that we all receive, communicate and consider ourselves as participants in global communities that are social, political and cultural, and now both physical and virtual too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501379607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501379604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Deborah Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945776972031,"sku":"9781501379604","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1176a505-c0bb-4120-8763-a616a093af27.jpg?v=1681509753","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sense8-deborah-shaw-9781501379604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}