All-American TV crime drama : feminism and identity politics in Law and order: Special Victims Unit /
Why has Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) achieved popularity beyond any other American police procedural television series? How does its unique focus on sex crimes reflect currents in popular culture and feminist critique, and recast traditional crime narratives? This book is the first ever...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
2017.
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| Series: | Library of gender and popular culture ;
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| Summary: | Why has Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) achieved popularity beyond any other American police procedural television series? How does its unique focus on sex crimes reflect currents in popular culture and feminist critique, and recast traditional crime narratives? This book is the first ever dedicated study of SVU and its treatment of sexual violence, gender and criminality. Through detailed textual and visual analyses of episodes, it reveals how elements of misogynist feminism and cultural revanchism manifest themselves in SVU, and shows how its use of forensic science offers new fables of objectivity. With chapters devoted to justice, racial and gender dynamics and the shows spectatorship, this study is essential reading for students of media, criminality and the phenomenon of sexual violence. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781784534295 1784534293 |