The Killing John Alberti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alberti, John.

Series:

Contemporary approaches to film and television series. TV milestones.

Tv milestones

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Examines a landmark television series in its feminist rewriting of the noir police procedural. Although it lasted only four seasons and just forty-four episodes, The Killing attracted considerable critical notice and sparked an equally lively debate about its distinctive style and innovative approach to the television staple of the police procedural. A product of the turn toward revisionist "quality" television in the post-broadcast era, The Killing also stands as a pioneering example of the changing gender dynamics of early twenty-first-century television. Author John Alberti looks at how the show's focus shifts the police procedural away from the idea that solving the mystery of whodunit means resolving the crime, and toward dealing with the ongoing psychological aftermath of crime and violence on social and family relationships. This attention to what creator and producer Veena Sud describes as the "real cost" of murder defines The Killing as a milestone feminist revision of the crime thriller and helps explain why it has provoked such strong critical reactions and fan loyalty. Alberti examines the history of women detectives in the television police procedural, paying particular attention to how the cultural formation of the traditionally male noir detective has shaped that history. Through a careful comparison with the Danish original, Forbrydelsen, and a season-by-season overview of the series, Alberti argues that The Killing rewrites the masculine lone wolf detective-a self-styled social outsider who sees the entanglements of relationships as threats to his personal autonomy-of the classic noir. Instead, lead detective Sarah Linden, while wary of the complications of personal and social attachments, still recognizes their psychological and ethical inescapability and necessity. In the final chapter, the author looks at how the show's move to ever-expanding niche markets and multi-viewing options, along with an increase in feminist reconstructions of various television genres, makes The Killing a perfect example of cult television that lends itself to binge-watching in the digital era. Television studies scholars and fans of police procedurals should own this insightful volume.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: The Killing as Feminist Noir

1. The Lonely Wolf: Sarah Linden and the Evolution of the Woman Detective

2. Remade in America: Revising Forbrydelsen

3. The "Real Cost" of Murder: Family and Relationships in The Killing

4. From Cable to the Web: The Killing as Cult TV in the Digital Age

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

988084362