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"[McCullough's] investigation of the series is particularly thorough, illustrating many relevant textual examples from across its eight full seasons and drawing from an impressive array of media theory and contemporary accounts. Although the book occasionally shifts into deep formal descriptions that risk some clarity, its pace and depth are otherwise exemplary for this format.-- (07/23/2015) John McCullough offers a tour de force analysis of the narrative structure, style, and thematic obsessions of the most famous of the post-9/11 terrorism-themed adventure series, 24. His careful attention to poetics and form supports a larger argument about the role of excess, artifice, and fantasy in the imagining of contemporary political conflicts. If history hurts, as Frederic Jameson once argued, then 24 tickles, and McCullough explains precisely how and why that is. Required reading for anyone interested in the poetics and politics of postmodern pastiche.--Stacy Takacs ""associate professor and director of American studies at Oklahoma State University """

[McCullough's] investigation of the series is particularly thorough, illustrating many relevant textual examples from across its eight full seasons and drawing from an impressive array of media theory and contemporary accounts. Although the book occasionally shifts into deep formal descriptions that risk some clarity, its pace and depth are otherwise exemplary for this format.-- (07/23/2015) John McCullough offers a tour de force analysis of the narrative structure, style, and thematic obsessions of the most famous of the post-9/11 terrorism-themed adventure series, 24. His careful attention to poetics and form supports a larger argument about the role of excess, artifice, and fantasy in the imagining of contemporary political conflicts. If history hurts, as Frederic Jameson once argued, then 24 tickles, and McCullough explains precisely how and why that is. Required reading for anyone interested in the poetics and politics of postmodern pastiche.--Stacy Takacs associate professor and director of American studies at Oklahoma State University

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John McCullough is associate professor and chair of the Department of Film at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He is co-editor of Locating Migrating Media and John Porter’s Film Activity Book.

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