Patrick Webster

Windows into The West Wing

Theoretical Approaches to an Ideal Presidency

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Produktbeschreibung

The West Wing, first broadcast in 1999, is thought by many to have been one of the most significant dramas shown on network television. Despite its overly idealized depiction of American political life, and blatant contradictions in the way we consider America, its values, its aspirations, and its behavior in the world, The West Wing nonetheless succeeds in attaining popular national and international aesthetic appeal. This book aspires to explain the appeal of the show by considering issues such as race, religion, sexuality, disability, and education--from both a practical and theoretical perspective--through the lenses of feminism, gender theory, Marxism, psychoanalytical theories, structuralism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism and more. It seeks to offer informative and revealing readings of one of the most significant television productions of recent times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781476680354
• ISBN-10: 1476680353
• Artikelnr.: 65461639

Autorenporträt

Patrick Webster is a musician, writer and university lecturer. A graduate and postgraduate of the University of Leeds, he has written on subjects including Stanley Kubrick and masculinity, ecology and dyslexia. He lives in Leeds, in the North of England.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction
1.
Dramatis Personae: The Cast and Casting
2.
A Mosaic of Quotations: Intertextuality in The West Wing
3.
Historical Fictions: A Parallel Universe
4.
Death of the Author: Aaron Sorkin as Auteur?
5.
On a Wing and a Prayer: Bartlet Deconstructs the Old Testament
6.
Cinematic Television: The Mise-en-Scène of The West Wing
7.
The Signifier and the Signified: Structuralist Readings
8.
This "pitiful exercise": Temporal Rupture in the "Isaac and Ishmael" Episode
9.
Bourgeois Wing: Marxist Readings 10.
"The greatest country in the world": Misconstrued Politics 11.
"It's turtles all the way down": The West Wing and Religion 12.
Playing in the Dark: Racist Discourses 13.
Potus Interruptus: Gender and Queer Theory 14.
Hollywood MS: The Portrayal of Disabilities 15.
The Politics of Maryland: The Wire and The West Wing 16.
Nostalgia for the Present: Postmodern Readings 17.
Cellmates in The Hague: Bartlet Flouts International Law 18.
The Crackpots and These Women: Misogynist Discourses 19.
Cultural Differences: Postcolonial Readings 20.
"Education is the silver bullet": Pedagogy in The West Wing 21.
A Valentine to Washington: Narrative Authenticity 22.
"Your father was a prick": Psychoanalytical Readings 23.
Unearned Emotion and the "Plaintive Oboe:" W.G. Snuffy Walden's Music to The West Wing 24.
Society Must Be Defended: Poststructuralist Readings Conclusion Appendix A. Seasons 1-7: A Synopsis Appendix B. Episodes 1-155: Broadcast Credits Appendix C. Directors and Writers Chapter Notes Bibliography Index