TV Cops: The Contemporary American Television Police Drama

ISBN-13: 9780415877886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 220 str.

Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

Opis

The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In 'TV Cops', Jonathan Nichols-Pethick argues that, perhaps more than any other genre, the police series in all its manifestations embodies the full range of the cultural dynamics of television.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Programming the Crisis: The Police Drama in the Post-Network Era  3. The Police Drama in Transition: Reconstituting the Cultural Forum in the 1980s  4. Stop Making Sense: Reflection, Realism, and Community in Homicide  5. Do the Right Thing: NYPD Blue and the Making of the Model Citizen  6. One Thing Leads to Another: Crime and the Commerce of Law & Order  7. This Cop’s For You: The Multiple Logics of the 21^st Century Police Drama  8. Conclusion