Columbo : class struggle on tv tonight / by Lilian Mathieu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathieu, Lilian, author.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

Lilian Mathieu shows that the TV series Columbo owes its success to its implicit but formidable political dimension, as each episode is a class struggle between a rich, famous, cultured or powerful criminal and a humble and blunderer police officer.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Columbo: Class Struggle on tv Tonight

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

1 Class against Class

1.1 Domination and Its Reversal

1.2 The History of a Series

2 A World of Distinction

2.1 Rich and Famous

2.2 Figures of Power

3 Superiority in Crime

3.1 Eliminating the Obstacles

3.2 A Criminal Refinement

3.3 Scientific and Technical Mastery

4 A Sense of Limits

4.1 An Ordinary American

4.2 A Humble Way of Life

4.3 The Misfortunes of Cultural Goodwill

5 A Misplaced Police Officer

5.1 The Art of Cutting a Sorry Figure

5.2 High Society and the Culture of Disrespect

6 Police Work

6.1 A Renewed Evidential Paradigm

6.2 An Ill-Embodied Institution

7 Just One More Thing ...

References

List of Episodes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Mathieu, Lilian Columbo: Class Struggle on TV Tonight

ISBN:

9789004512443

OCLC:

1293250608