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The prime-time presidency : The West Wing and U.S. nationalism / Trevor Parry-Giles and Shawn J. Parry-Giles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parry-Giles, Trevor, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television programs.
- West Wing (Television program).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contrasting strong women and multiculturalism with portrayals of a heroic white male leading the nation into battle, The Prime-Time Presidency explores the NBC drama The West Wing, paying particular attention to its role in promoting cultural meaning about the presidency and U.S. nationalism. Based in a careful, detailed analysis of the "first term" of The West Wing 's President Josiah Bartlet, this criticism highlights the ways the text negotiates powerful tensions and complex ambiguities at the base of U.S. national identity--particularly the role of gender, race, and militarism in the construction of U.S. nationalism. Unlike scattered and disparate collections of essays, Trevor Parry-Giles and Shawn J. Parry-Giles offer a sustained, ideologically driven criticism of The West Wing. The Prime-time Presidency presents a detailed critique of the program rooted in presidential history, an appreciation of television's power as a source of political meaning, and television's contribution to the articulation of U.S. national identity.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Presidency, Prime-Time Popular Culture, and U.S. Nationalism""; ""1 The West Wing as a Political Romance""; ""2 Gendered Nationalism and The West Wing""; ""3 Racialized Nationalism and The West Wing""; ""4 Militarized Nationalism and The West Wing""; ""5 The West Wing's Prime-Time Nationalism""; ""Appendix A: The West Wing Episode Directory""; ""Appendix B: The West Wing Character Directory""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613921529
- 9781283609074
- 128360907X
- 9780252092091
- 0252092090
- OCLC:
- 815477960
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