American TV Detective Dramas : Serial Investigations / by Mareike Jenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenner, Mareike., Author.

Series:

Crime Files, 2947-8359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Fiction.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Fiction Literature.

Literary History.

Local Subjects:

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Fiction Literature.

Literary History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The way detectives access and attain the 'truth' about a crime is an important indicator of how they relate to contemporary political developments. This book explores these methods of detection and positions the genre in a specific political, aesthetic, narrative and industrial context.

Contents:

Introduction

Investigating detection: methods of detection in American detective dramas

Defining detection: the detective genre

Telling detection: the narrative structures of American TV detective dramas

Stabilising detection: protecting and serving the status quo from 1950-1968

Reforming detection: social change and political corruption from 1968-1980

Diversifying detection: proliferation of channels and television cycles from 1980-2000

Disillusioned detection: DNA and 9/11 from 2000-2010

Rethinking detection: alternative methods of detection

Conclusion

Appendix.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137425669

1137425660