03270oam 2200697I 450 991046240090332120200520144314.01-283-60695-X97866139194031-136-25214-20-203-10503-610.4324/9780203105030 (CKB)2670000000242289(EBL)1024526(OCoLC)811505868(SSID)ssj0000741025(PQKBManifestationID)11466880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741025(PQKBWorkID)10701395(PQKB)10153899(MiAaPQ)EBC1024526(Au-PeEL)EBL1024526(CaPaEBR)ebr10603669(CaONFJC)MIL391940(OCoLC)995605256(EXLCZ)99267000000024228920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGender, violence and popular culture telling stories /Laura J. ShepherdLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (169 p.)Popular culture and world politicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-52591-8 0-415-51795-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-147) and index.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; IndexThis 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 thPopular Culture and World PoliticsSex role on televisionWomen on televisionViolence on televisionPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Sex role on television.Women on television.Violence on television.Popular cultureHistory791.45/6521Shepherd Laura J.993612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462400903321Gender, violence and popular culture2275152UNINA