The Public eye : ideology and the police procedural

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The Public eye : ideology and the police procedural

Robert P. Winston and Nancy C. Mellerski

(New directions in American studies)

Macmillan, 1992

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book explores the complex roles which this sub-genre plays in mass culture. The police procedural frequently creates an illusory social harmony, valorizing participation in a corporate structure like the police squad. However, the authors under consideration here - McClure, Freeling, Sjowall and Wahloo, van de Wetering - seek to transform the police procedural into a vehicle that foregrounds social, political and moral concerns. By examining a popular form, the authors articulate sophisticated interventions in the ideological crisis of late capitalism. This book is designed to be of interest to departments of literature and language, for students of American literature and for students of cultural studies.

Table of Contents

  • Aspects of the police procedural
  • brave new Sweden
  • anatomizing the other
  • the house of keeping
  • a family affair
  • imperfect invigilation.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA18577533
  • ISBN
    • 0333531078
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 239 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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