Mollet, T (2019) Looking Through the Upside Down: Hyperpostmodernism and trans-mediality in the Duffer Brothers' Stranger Things series. Journal of Popular Television, 7 (1). pp. 57-77. ISSN 2046-9861
Abstract
This article puts forward the argument that Stranger Things and Stranger Things 2 are not only excellent examples of postmodern TV drama, but they take on what Valerie Wee has termed a ‘hyper-postmodernism’ through their heightened level of intertextual referencing that emerges ‘as text.’ Both series also extensively break down the boundaries between film, television, literature and ‘geek’ culture. This is done both within the text itself, and through the audience’s invited interaction with the text, as the show demonstrates significant awareness of the trans-medial, Easter-egg hunting tendencies of its binge-watching followers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Intellect Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Popular Television. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Stranger Things; Netflix; postmodernism; trans-mediality; intertextuality; 1980s; horror; science fiction |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2018 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/jptv.7.1.57_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128442 |