Jack Holland

Fictional television and American politics

From 9/11 to Donald Trump

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump. This period comprises a second golden age for fictional TV. The book therefore explores some of the best TV of all time across two decades of heightened political controversy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781526134219
• ISBN-10: 1526134217
• Artikelnr.: 57145702

Autorenporträt

Jack Holland is the Russell F. and Marian J. Blowers professor of Christian ministries at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. Jack frequently conducts workshops and seminars in lay-counseling, ministerial ethics, sexuality, grief, and other pastoral care issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Part I: Watching
television 1 America and the screen 2 Screening America under Bush, Obama,
and Trump 3 Drawing lines: world politics and popular culture 4 Analysing
fictional television Part II: Politics and television 5 World politics as
realpolitik (in House of Cards and Game of Thrones) 6 Constructing
counter-terrorism (in Homeland, 24, and The West Wing) 7 Imagining the
president (in The West Wing, 24, and Veep) Part III: Television and our
political world 8 Ethics and inequality (in The Wire) 9 Being human in a
world of zombies (in The Walking Dead) 10 The personal is political (in
Breaking Bad) Conclusion Bibliography Index