Lindsay Steenberg

Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture

Gender, Crime, and Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's seemingly endless fascination with forensic science. Steenberg looks specifically at the gendered nature of expert scientific knowledge, as embodied by the ubiquitous character of the female investigator.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781138118546
• ISBN-10: 1138118540
• Artikelnr.: 57057038

Autorenporträt

Lindsay Steenberg is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Forensic Sub-Genre
1. Retrofit Forensics: Excavating the Mythic Origins of Forensic Science 2.
The Forensic Women's Gothic:Postfeminism and Expertise 3. Forensic
Archaeologies on Crime Television: Science and Gender as Seen on TV Part 2:
Forensics Beyond the Crime Genre 4. The CSI Effect 5. Forensic Science at
the Museum 6. Forensic Science and Lifestyle