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UNINA9910255257503321 |
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Autore |
Jenner Mareike |
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Titolo |
American TV Detective Dramas [[electronic resource] ] : Serial Investigations / / by Mareike Jenner |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Literature—Philosophy |
Culture—Study and teaching |
Literature, Modern—20th century |
Fiction |
Literature—History and criticism |
Literary Theory |
Cultural Theory |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
Literary History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Investigating detection: methods of detection in American detective dramas -- Defining detection: the detective genre -- Telling detection: the narrative structures of American TV detective dramas -- Stabilising detection: protecting and serving the status quo from 1950-1968 -- Reforming detection: social change and political corruption from 1968-1980 -- Diversifying detection: proliferation of channels and television cycles from 1980-2000 -- Disillusioned detection: DNA and 9/11 from 2000-2010 -- Rethinking detection: alternative methods of detection -- Conclusion -- Appendix. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The way detectives access and attain the 'truth' about a crime is an important indicator of how they relate to contemporary political developments. This book explores these methods of detection and positions the genre in a specific political, aesthetic, narrative and industrial context. |
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