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Interrogating The Shield (Television and Popular Culture)
Nicholas Ray
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Description for Interrogating The Shield (Television and Popular Culture)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ray, Nicholas. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
When The Shield first appeared on US television in March 2002, it broke ratings records with the highest audience-rated original series premiere in cable history. In the course of its subsequent seven-season run, the show went on to win international acclaim for its abrasive depiction of an urban American dystopia and the systemic political and juridical corruption feeding it. The first book dedicated to the analysis of this immensely successful series, Interrogating ""The Shield"" brings together ten critical essays, written from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Topics range from an exploration of the series’ derivation, genre, and production, ... Read more
When The Shield first appeared on US television in March 2002, it broke ratings records with the highest audience-rated original series premiere in cable history. In the course of its subsequent seven-season run, the show went on to win international acclaim for its abrasive depiction of an urban American dystopia and the systemic political and juridical corruption feeding it. The first book dedicated to the analysis of this immensely successful series, Interrogating ""The Shield"" brings together ten critical essays, written from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Topics range from an exploration of the series’ derivation, genre, and production, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Television and Popular Culture
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633082
SKU
V9780815633082
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Ref
99-88
About Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray is a lecturer in the School of English at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Tragedy and Otherness: Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Psycho-analysis.
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