Title: The Wire : urban decay and American television
Abstract:1. Aafa Weaver, before Wire 2. C.W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter, 'I am the American Dream': Modern Urban Tragedy and the Borders of Fiction Part A. Baltimore and its Institutions 3. David Alff, Yester...1. Aafa Weaver, before Wire 2. C.W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter, 'I am the American Dream': Modern Urban Tragedy and the Borders of Fiction Part A. Baltimore and its Institutions 3. David Alff, Yesterday's Tomorrow Today: Baltimore and the Promise of Reform 4. Peter Clandfield, We ain't got no yard': Crime, Development and Urban Environment. 5. Alisdair McMillan, Heroism, Institutions, and the Police Procedural 6. Ryan Brooks, Once That Tape Starts Rolling...': Production of 'Real Police' 7. Lynne Viti, I got the Shotgun, You got the Briefcase': Judging, Lawyering, and Ethics 8. Ralph Beliveau and Laura Bolf-Beliveau, Posing Problems and Picking Fights: Critical Pedagogy and the Corner Boys Part B. In the Vacants 9. James Peterson, On the Corners of Black Masculinity: Hip Hop Culture and the Intersections of Inner City Manhood 10. Jason Read, Stringer Bell's Lament: Violence and Legitimacy in Contemporary Capitalism 11. Stephen Lucasi, Networks of (Af)filiation: Familialism and Anti-Corporatism 12. Courtney Marshall, Barksdale Women: Crime, Empire, and the Production of Gender 13. Elizabeth Bonjean, After the Towers Fell: Bodie Broadus and the Space of Memory Part C. Twenty-first Century Television 14. Amanda Ann Klein, The Dickensian Aspect': Melodrama, Viewer Engagement and the Socially Conscious Text 15. Ted Nannicelli, 'It's All Connected': Notes on the Teleplays 16. Kevin McNeilly, Dislocating America: Agnieszka Holland Directs 'Moral Midgetry' 17. Kathleen LeBesco, Social Justice and Audience Response to Omar Little Bibliography, Episode List, Notes on Contributors, Index.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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