Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television (eBook, ePUB)

Washington as Fiction
Redaktion: Kaklamanidou, Betty; Tally, Margaret

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Well-established scholars of media, political science, sociology, and film investigate the representation of Washington politics on U.S. television from the mid 2000s to the present. The book offers perspectives on representations of contemporary US politics, the role of government and the machinations often associated with politicians and governmental institutions.With close attention to issues of gender, race and class and offering studies from contemporary quality television, such as The West Wing, Veep, House of Cards, The Good Wife and Scandal, authors examine the ways in which televisual representations reveal changing attitudes towards Washington culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317078487
• Artikelnr.: 46757768

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Television Criticism and Contemporary U.S. Politics

(Douglas Kellner)

Introduction: American Television in the 2010s

(Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret Tally)

The Political TV Shows of the 2010s: Showrunners, Reality and Gender

(Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret Tally)

"The Last Hurrah": The West Wing and the Future of American Politics after 9/11'

(Ian Scott)

"Stand Up, Fight Back": Race and Policing in The Good Wife and Scandal

(Caryn Murphy)

The Leader of the Free World? Representing the Declining Presidency in Film and Television

(Gregory Frame)

Would Niccolò Machiavelli Endorse House of Cards' Frank Underwood?

(Anthony Petros Spanakos)





House of Cards - House of Power: Political Narratives and The Cult of Serial Sociopaths in Narrative Politics in American Quality Dramas in the Digital Age

(Elena Pilipets & Rainer Winter)

The Cold War (Re)-visited in House of Cards and The Americans

(Betty Kaklamanidou)

"Call it The Hillary Effect": Charting the Imaginary of "Hillary-Esque" Fictional Narratives

(Margaret Tally)





Veep's Poetics of Omnishambles

(Marc Edward Shaw)

Index

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'This timely collection of informative and insightful essays helps us to make sense of early twenty-first century American TV serials -- from The West Wing and Veep to Scandal and House of Cards -- that grapple with the potent drama of party politics during the Bush and Obama years.' - Michael Z. Newman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S.A

'The essays in this volume offer engaging analyses of recent fictional political TV shows. Collectively, they persuasively argue that depictions of U.S. political culture on entertainment television have never been more relevant while making insightful connections to contemporary political campaigns.' - Chuck Tryon, Fayetteville State University, U.S.A