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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970243603321

Autore

Cavender Gray <1947->

Titolo

Justice provocateur : Jane Tennison and policing in Prime Suspect / / Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

9780252094316

025209431X

9781283992527

1283992523

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JurikNancy C

Disciplina

791.45/72

Soggetti

Women on television

Sex role on television

Television cop shows - Great Britain - History and criticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Analytic framework -- Prime suspect and women in policing -- Investigating and challenging -- Doing justice -- Private troubles and public issues -- Prime suspect and Jane Tennison: transformation or gender trap? -- Appendix: Prime suspect episode overview.

Sommario/riassunto

'Justice Provocateur' focuses on Prime Suspect, a popular British television film series starring Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Helen Mirren as fictional London policewoman Jane Tennison. Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik examine the media constructions of justice, gender, and police work in the show, exploring its progressive treatment of contemporary social problems in which women are central protagonists.