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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462400903321

Autore

Shepherd Laura J.

Titolo

Gender, violence and popular culture : telling stories / / Laura J. Shepherd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-60695-X

9786613919403

1-136-25214-2

0-203-10503-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Popular culture and world politics

Disciplina

791.45/6521

Soggetti

Sex role on television

Women on television

Violence on television

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Dedication; 1 Telling stories: An essay on gender, violence and popular culture; 2 Morality, legality and gender violence in Angel; 3 Policing the boundaries of desire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; 4 Gender, ethics and political community in Generation Kill; 5 Feminism and political strategy in The West Wing; 6 Gender, violence and security in Oz; 7 Security and governance after modernity in Firefly; 8 Hope and the politics of natality in The Corner; 9 Points de capiton: Aesthetics, ethics and critique; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture. Drawing on the latest thinking in critical international relations, media and cultural studies and gender studies, it focuses in particular on a number of popular TV shows including Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Generation Kill, The Corner and The West Wing. The book makes a unique theoretical contribution to the 'narrative turn' in International Relations by illustrating the ways in which popular culture



and global politics are intertwined and how we make sense of our worlds th

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910716366503321

Titolo

Abandonment and nonsupport of wife or children in the District of Columbia. May 21, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages)

Collana

Senate report / 69th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 895

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8526]

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesWesley Livsey <1863-1932> (Republican (WA))

Soggetti

Criminal jurisdiction

Desertion and non-support

Punishment

Appellate courts - Rules and practice

Fathers

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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