American TV Detective Dramas [[electronic resource] ] : Serial Investigations / / by Mareike Jenner

• Autore: Jenner Mareike
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45/655
• Soggetto topico: Literature—Philosophy; Culture—Study and teaching; Literature, Modern—20th century; Fiction; Literature—History and criticism; Literary Theory; Cultural Theory; Twentieth-Century Literature; Literary History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: American TV Detective Dramas
• ISBN: 1-137-42566-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910255257503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crime Files