Policing the Monstrous

Essays on the Supernatural Crime Procedural
Herausgeber: Szanter, Ashley

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of new essays examines how the injection of supernatural creatures and mythologies transformed the hugely popular crime procedural television genre. These shows complicate the predictable and comforting patterns of the procedural with the inherently unknowable nature of the supernatural. From Sherlock to Supernatural, essays cover a range of topics including the gothic, the post-structural nature of The X-Files, the uncanny lure of Twin Peaks, trickster detectives, forensic fairy tales, the allure of the vampire detective, and even the devil himself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9781476670539
• ISBN-10: 1476670536
• Artikelnr.: 64210683

Autorenporträt

Ashley Szanter is an adjunct instructor of English at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Her research focuses on monsters, monstrosity, popular culture, and media studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Following the Eerie, Formulaic Steps of the Supernatural
Crime Procedural
Ashley Szanter
Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate: Post-Structuralism and the Staggered
Retirement of Fox Mulder
Adam James Smith
The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Uncanny Doubles in Twin Peaks
Mark Yates
Sherlock Holmes: The Intersection of Magic and Science in Crime Detection
Michelle D. Miranda
Playing Detective: Gothic Perspectives and Police Procedurals in the CW's
Supernatural
Mary Going
Evil Is a Metaphysical Condition: Undead Melodrama, AIDS and the Crime
Procedural
Teresa Cutler-Broyles
The Hard-Boiled Detective Gone Soft: Moonlight, Vampire Noir and the
Detective in Search of Himself
Simon Bacon
True Resonance: The Intersection of the Noosphere, Spirituality and the
Supernatural in True Detective-Season
Phil Fitzsimmons
Pushing Daisies, Forensic Fairy Tales and Supernatural Crime Procedurals
Scott Rogers
"Magic's a nasty game": John Constantine as the Trickster Detective
Shawn Edrei
Runnin' with the Devil: The Procedurals from Hell
Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Amateur Hour: Professional Competency in Supernatural Crime Procedurals
Lynn Kozak
About the Contributors
Index